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shoot the breeze

talk, visit, chat, chew the fat Hank and I were drinking beer and shooting the breeze.

shoot the breeze/bull

talk idly I met him at the supermarket so we decided to shoot the breeze for a few minutes.

shoot the breeze

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually, without any serious topic of conversation. Customers always want to shoot the breeze with me in the store before they buy something. I just shot the breeze with John for a while when he passed me on the street.Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze

Fig. to chat casually and without purpose. We spent the entire afternoon just shooting the breeze. It was good to shoot the breeze with you, Mary.Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze

Also, shoot or throw the bull . Talk idly, chat, as in They've been sitting on the porch for hours, just shooting the breeze, or The guys sit around the locker room, throwing the bull. The first of these slangy terms, alluding to talking into the wind, was first recorded in 1919. In the variant, first recorded in 1908, bull is a shortening of bullshit, and means "empty talk" or "lies." Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze

AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you shoot the breeze, you talk with other people in an informal and friendly way. Goldie does what she likes doing best: shooting the breeze about life, love, and her bad reputation. He's very awkward on social occasions. If you're sitting around a big table in the members' dining room, he won't shoot the breeze like the rest of them. Note: The sense of `shoot' used here is the same as `shoot the rapids', suggesting riding or being carried along by the flow of a conversation. Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze [or the bull]

have a casual conversation. North American informalLearn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the ˈbreeze

[also shoot the ˈbull/ˈshit taboo] [both American English, informal] talk in a friendly, informal way; chat: We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze

tv. to chat casually and without purpose. We spent the entire afternoon just shooting the breeze. Learn more: breeze, shoot

shoot the breeze

/bull Slang To spend time talking in an idle manner; talk idly.Learn more: breeze, shoot

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