shoot the breeze

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
shoot the breeze
    v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
         men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
         {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
         {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
         {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    

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