throw the bull around

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throw the bull around (third-person singular simple present throws the bull around, present participle throwing the bull around, simple past threw the bull around, past participle thrown the bull around)

  1. (US, idiomatic, colloquial) Synonym of shoot the breeze
    • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by hockey coach (Tate Donovan):
      I lost my dad right about your age. So I know what you're goin' through. So if you wanna come in and talk, or you just want somebody to spill your guts to, or you just wanna throw the bull around, door’s open.