"throw the bull around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-throw the bull around.ogg [Australia] Forms: throws the bull around [present, singular, third-person], throwing the bull around [participle, present], threw the bull around [past], thrown the bull around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> the bull around}} 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 Tags: US, colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: shoot the breeze [synonym, synonym-of], throw the bull
    Sense id: en-throw_the_bull_around-en-verb-oaMVvOvh Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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