bandy about

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bandy about

verb bandies about · bandying about · bandied about · throw about · bally about

transitive To say (things) frequently and casually, without due consideration. There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet.
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@misc{bandy_about_2026,
  title = {bandy about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bandy%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}