shoot the bull

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tochinwag; totalkidly.Synonyms:shoot the breeze,(vulgar)shoot the shit,throw the bull,throw the bull around1976-1977,Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors),We Both Laughed In PleasureI didn't get what this group therapy was all about, it seemed to me it was just a bunch of peopleshooting the bull.1990,John Updike,Rabbit at Rest:Shooting the bullwith Benny and Elvira while Nelson skitters around out there in the lake of rooftops, selling used cars like hotcakes.

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