shoot the bull

English

Verb

shoot the bull

(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

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