chew the rag
English
Etymology
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Verb
chew the rag (third-person singular simple present chews the rag, present participle chewing the rag, simple past and past participle chewed the rag)
- Synonym of chew the fat
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, OCLC 287628, page 35:
- I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him while he was shaving.
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