shoot the breeze

Definitions of shoot the breeze
  1. verb
    talk socially without exchanging too much information
    “the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
    synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, visit
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    types:
    jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze
    talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
    type of:
    converse, discourse
    carry on a conversation
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