Related Words for shoot the breeze

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shoot the bull
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Phrase, Verb
chew the fat
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Phrase, Verb
shoot one's mouth off
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Phrase, Verb
shoot off
//
Phrase, Verb
hang out
//
Phrase, Verb
shoot off at the mouth
///x/
Phrase, Verb
blow off
//
Phrase, Verb
blow smoke
//
Phrase, Verb
mess around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fire away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
blow off steam
///
Phrase, Verb
putter around
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
beat off
//
Phrase, Verb
blow away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shoot from the hip
//x/
Phrase, Verb
beat around the bush
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
make conversation
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
crap out
//
Phrase, Verb
let fly
//
Phrase, Verb
nonsense
/x
Noun
shoot
/
Noun
talk shop
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
muck about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blow
/
Noun
play fast and loose
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Phrase, Verb
kick up one's heels
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Phrase, Verb
talk turkey
//x
Phrase, Verb
open fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
chat
/
Noun
goof around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
run on
//
Phrase, Verb
throw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun
screw around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sit around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
twiddle one's thumbs
/x//
Phrase, Verb
bounce around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
give someone the slip
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
talk at
//
Phrase, Verb
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dust
/
Noun
brush aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
noodle
/x
Noun
blow a kiss
/x/
Phrase, Verb
play about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shoot one's bolt
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Phrase, Verb
swing by
//
Phrase, Verb
lamp
/
Noun
smoke like a chimney
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
play games
//
Phrase, Verb
burn
/
Noun
chin
/
Noun
run one's mouth
///
Phrase, Verb
skip out
//
Phrase, Verb
banter
/x
Noun
blow hot and cold
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Phrase, Verb
whistle past the graveyard
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
talk a blue streak
/x//
Phrase, Verb
talk through one's hat
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Phrase, Verb
carry on
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hang around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pass the time
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dash off
//
Phrase, Verb
shoot the messenger
/x/xx
Phrase, Verb
let one's hair down
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Phrase, Verb
sweep aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
play the fool
/x/
Phrase, Verb
whistle in the dark
/xxx/
Phrase, Verb
take a walk
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wing it
//
Phrase, Verb
kick it
//
Phrase, Verb
drill
/
Noun
bebop
/x
Noun
make noises
//x
Phrase, Verb
hit the gas
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blank
/
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
shoot one's cuffs
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Phrase, Verb
pass the time of day
/x///
Phrase, Verb
kick up dust
///
Phrase, Verb
afflict
x/
Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
airstream
/x
Noun
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
birdie
/x
Noun, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blaze
/
Noun, Verb
blimey
/x
Noun
bogey
/x
Noun, Verb
bole
/
Noun
branch
/
Noun, Verb
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
breezed
/
Verb
broke
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
buck
/
Noun, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
cake
/
Noun, Verb
callus
/x
Noun, Verb
canes
/
Noun
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
car
/
Noun
ceasefire
//x
Noun
charge
/
Noun, Verb
cheesecake
/x
Noun
chip
/
Noun, Verb
chute
/
Noun, Verb
cinch
/
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
cookie
/x
Noun, Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
costs
/
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
croak
/
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crud
/
Noun, Verb
cull
/
Noun, Verb
cupcake
/x
Noun, Verb
curses
/x
Verb
dammit
/x
Noun
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
dang
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
dart
/
Noun, Verb
dash
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
derive
x/
Verb
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
dew
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disembark
xx/
Verb
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
dissipate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downwind
x/
Adverb
draft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drag
/
Verb, Noun
draught
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drizzle
/x
Noun, Verb
earn
/
Verb, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
egg
/
Noun, Verb
endothelial
xx/xx
Adjective
engage
x/
Verb
exhaled
x/
Verb
explode
x/
Verb
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
falls
/
Noun
fig
/
Name, Verb
filament
/xx
Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flight
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foliar
/x
Adjective
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
footage
/x
Noun
fresh breeze
//
Phrase, Noun
fritter away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
frond
/
Noun
fuzz
/
Noun, Verb
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gale
/
Noun, Verb
gee
/
Name, Verb
geez
/
Noun
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gentle breeze
/x/
Phrase, Noun
germinate
/xx
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
gig
/
Noun, Verb
golly
/x
Noun, Verb
gosh
/
Noun
grass
/
Noun, Verb
grow
/
Verb, Noun
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gun down
//
Phrase, Verb
gunfire
/xx
Noun
gust
/
Noun, Verb
haul
/
Verb, Noun
heave
/
Verb, Noun
heck
/
Noun, Verb
hike
/
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hyphal
/x
Adjective
immunize
/xx
Verb
inject
x/
Verb
inoculate
x/xx
Verb, Noun
jeez
/
Name
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
jure
/
Noun
kick
/
Verb, Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kneecap
/x
Noun, Verb
knuckle
/x
Noun, Verb
lance
/
Noun, Verb
launch
/
Noun, Verb
leaf
/
Noun, Verb
learn
/
Verb, Noun
light breeze
//
Phrase, Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
meeting
/x
Noun
melt
/
Verb, Noun
monsoon
x/
Noun
mornings
/x
Adverb
move
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
mycelial
x/xx
Adjective
neurite
x/
Noun
nodule
/x
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
op
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
optimum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
osteoblast
xxx/
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
ovule
/x
Noun
par
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
photo
/x
Noun, Verb
photograph
/xx
Noun, Verb
pick
/
Verb, Noun
pick off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
pie
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pip
/
Noun, Verb
piston
/x
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
portray
x/
Verb
probe
/
Noun, Verb
pub
/
Noun, Verb
puff
/
Noun, Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pump
/
Noun, Verb
push
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Verb, Noun