"bandy about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bandies about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandying about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bally about",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bandy about (third-person singular simple present bandies about, present participle bandying about, simple past and past participle bandied about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter."
      ],
      "id": "en-bandy_about-en-verb-24yv57re",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bandy around"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bandy about"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bandies about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandying about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bandied about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bally about",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bandy about (third-person singular simple present bandies about, present participle bandying about, simple past and past participle bandied about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bandy around"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bandy about"
}