throw the bull
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throw the bull
verb throws the bull · throwing the bull · threw the bull · thrown the bull
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To chat idly.
"Hello, Steve. Don't let me interrupt your business conference." ¶ "You're not. We were just throwing the bull. The boys are worrying about what will happen to the book business when we get in the war. Paper restrictions and the usual trade dung."
Similar: shoot the bull
- To make false boastful claims. "I'm glad you look at it that way. I don't want you to think I'm just throwing the bull."
- To talk or write in an obscure and pretentious manner. I was about to write a simple theme about this dumb question when I remembered that my literary friends were always "throwing the bull"—building up their sentences to sound complex and sophisticated.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, bull.
Talk about this word "throw the bull." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/throw%20the%20bull. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. throw the bull. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/throw%20the%20bull "throw the bull." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/throw%20the%20bull.Cite this
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