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shoot the breeze [idiom]

To chat informally about unimportant things

shoot the breeze - گپ زدن
Example: 

- What are you girls doing here?
- Nothing, we’re chatting, just shooting the breeze.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

13 shoot the bull/breeze American English informal to have an informal conversation about unimportant things :

Cal and I were sitting on the porch, shooting the breeze.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shoot the breeze

shoot the ˈbreeze/ˈbull idiom
(NAmE, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way
Syn:  chat

We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

shoot the breeze US informal

to spend time talking about things that are not important:

We sat out on the porch, just shooting the breeze.

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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shoot the breeze also shoot the bull US informal : to talk informally about unimportant things
• I enjoy shooting the breeze with my neighbors.