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chew the rag en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of chew the fat.
    • I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him while he was shaving. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 35:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chews the rag Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chewed the rag Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed the rag Tense=Past lexicographic
chewing the rag Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

chew the fat