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chewed the fat
vb. (en-pastchew the fat)
Usage examples of "chewed the fat".
Groups of human drivers and handlers leaned or sat on the hoods of flippers and chewed the fat.
I chewed the fat with Ward, boned up on my Taiping notebook, wondered when the devil Bruce's agent would turn up, and was first in quest of news at every village landing-place.