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throw the bull around en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of shoot the breeze.
    • I lost my dad right about your age. So I know what you're goin' through. So if you wanna come in and talk, or you just want somebody to spill your guts to, or you just wanna throw the bull around, door’s open. 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by hockey coach (Tate Donovan):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
throws the bull around Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
threw the bull around Tense=Past lexicographic
throw the bull alternative lexicographic
thrown the bull around Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
throwing the bull around Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

shoot the breeze