shoot the shit

shoot the shit
shoot the bull & shoot the crap & shoot the shit
Inf. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull. Use caution with

crap, shit

.) •

Let's get together sometime and shoot the bull.

You spend too much time shooting the crap.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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