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shoots the breeze

shoots the breeze is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot the breeze.

Meaning of shoot the breeze

Verb

shoot the breeze (third-person singular simple present shoots the breeze, present participle shooting the breeze, simple past and past participle shot the breeze)

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang) To chat idly or generally waste time talking.
    • We were just standing around shooting the breeze.

Questions about shoots the breeze

What is shoots the breeze the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots the breeze is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot the breeze.

Words near shoots the breeze in the dictionary

  1. shoots one's wad
  2. shoots oneself in the foot
  3. shoots out
  4. shoots someone straight
  5. shoots the boots
  6. shoots the breeze
  7. shoots the bull
  8. shoots the cat
  9. shoots the five
  10. shoots the gold
  11. shoots the lens

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