shoot the bull
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shoot the bull
verb shoots the bull · shooting the bull · shot the bull
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To chinwag; to talk idly.
1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
I didn't get what this group therapy was all about, it seemed to me it was just a bunch of people shooting the bull.
Similar: shoot the breeze, shoot the shit, throw the bull, throw the bull around
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