shoot the bull

English

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Verb

shoot the bull

1. (idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.
   • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

     Shooting the bull with Benny and Elvira while Nelson skitters around out there in the lake of rooftops, selling used cars like hotcakes.

Synonyms

• shoot the breeze