English verb: talk shop | |||
| 1. | talk shop (communication) discuss matters that are related to work | ||
| Samples | As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue talk shop, Sam wants to talk shop with Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discourse, discuss, talk about | ||