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chew the rag

chew the rag verb: synonym of chew the fat.

Verb

chew the rag (third-person singular simple present chews the rag, present participle chewing the rag, simple past and past participle chewed the rag)

  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
    Synonyms:
    chew the fat

Synonyms of chew the rag

Forms of chew the rag

third-person singular presentchews the rag
present participlechewing the rag
past participlechewed the rag
pastchewed the rag

Questions about chew the rag

What does chew the rag mean?
Chew the rag means synonym of chew the fat.
What part of speech is chew the rag?
Chew the rag is a verb.
What is the past tense of chew the rag?
The past tense of chew the rag is chewed the rag.

Words near chew the rag in the dictionary

  1. chew sticks
  2. Chew Stoke
  3. chew the cud
  4. chew the fat
  5. chew the meat and spit out the bones
  6. chew the rag
  7. chew the scenery
  8. chew toy
  9. chew toys
  10. chew up
  11. chew up and spit out

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