chew the fat (to) [exp]

Meaning:

• to have a long friendly informal talk.
• to chat with friends.

Examples:

1. You have been chewing the fat for one and a half hour with your friends on the phone.
2. We haven’t seen each other for a long time. Let’s visit and chew the fat.
3. After dinner, the old friends sat around the fire and chewed the fat about their college days.
4. The employees gathered in the break room, chewing the fat over the latest office gossip.
5. Instead of rushing through the meeting, the team took time to chew the fat about future plans