chewed the fat

phrase

variants also chewed the rag
Definition of chewed the fatnext
past tense of chew the fat
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“Chewed the fat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chewed%20the%20fat. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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