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shot the breeze

shot the breeze is the simple past and past participle 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 shot the breeze

What is shot the breeze the simple past and past participle of?
Shot the breeze is the simple past and past participle of shoot the breeze.

Words near shot the breeze in the dictionary

  1. shot spot
  2. shot spots
  3. shot stopper
  4. shot stoppers
  5. shot the boots
  6. shot the breeze
  7. shot the bull
  8. shot the cat
  9. shot the five
  10. shot the gold
  11. shot the lens

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