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swap stories

idiom

informal
: to tell stories to each other
We spent some time swapping stories about our college days.

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There are still moments that break me open—watching friends’ moms swoop in to babysit, or overhearing them swap stories about how their moms saved them in those blurry newborn weeks. Lauren Boswell, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025 Once inside the backstage halls, history comes alive as veterans and newcomers swap stories in the halls. Nashville Tennessean, 23 Nov. 2025 The salmon-pink adobe exterior features a long veranda where guests congregate at sunset to swap stories of their day’s adventures and tips about driving conditions on the park’s many unpaved roads. Melanie Haiken, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025 The two voluble MCs, who took parallel paths to fame in the Nineties, laugh and swap stories in the dressing room while the cameras are getting positioned a few feet away. Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swap stories

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“Swap stories.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap%20stories. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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