shoot the bull

English

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.

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