didn't exchange more than three words with someone

didn't exchange more than three words with someone
didn't exchange more than three words with someone
to say hardly anything to someone. (The number may vary.) •

I know Tom was there, but I am sure that I didn't exchange more than three words with him before he left.

We hardly exchanged more than two words the whole evening.

Sally and Liz didn't have enough time to exchange more than five words.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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