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English verb: shoot the breeze

1. shoot the breeze (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information


SamplesThe men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze.


Synonymschaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, visit


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)converse, discourse


Narrower (hyponym)jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze









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