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vb. (context idiomatic English) To chat idly or generally waste time talking.
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"Chew the fat" or "chew the rag" are English expressions for gossiping or making friendly small talk.
Usage examples of "chew the fat".
I introduced myself, we shook hands, went outside to chew the fat, and then I paid for a cab to take him where he belonged.
They'd probably have coffee, chew the fat a little and then hit the sack, for they were a tired lot.
I've asked you here to chew the fat a little and tell you about some of the changes I'm going to institute.
Later on in Herbie's western summer, as things-- instead of developing--remained more or less the same or got worse, he wished Pacheco's pig would come around once more so they might chew the fat again.
Field-work and domestic activities were dovetailed into a strictly daily routine, but their schedule also included rest periods when people gathered in groups to chew the fat and - to judge from the faint sounds of laughter that reached him - generally have a good time.
He'd ridden them harder earlier, and it was that awkward time of the morning when folks were either too busy or too sleep-gurrimed to chew the fat with you.
I had my door key with me and all, and I figured what I'd do, I'd sneak in the apartment, very quiet and all, and just sort of chew the fat with her for a while.
Policy apart, we still don't chew the fat because a lot of it's too depressing and we'd end up neurotic, Most missions are dangerous and all of them impose a strain and every so often you'll see an operator come back too shot up physically or too shaken spiritually to be sent out again, ever: at this time Macklin was one of them and North, God knows, was another.
In the comfort of their well-moulded old easy chairs, their favourite pipes drawing well, men wished to chew the fat and swap yarns, not to gaze dumbly at a little screen.
You think you can go in there, right into those goddamned brambles and holly bushes, and chew the fat with some homicidal lobster that just tore five people to shreds in one morning?
But the three old coots who always planted themselves out in front, to chew the fat, curse the weather, and hope for gossip, were in position.