chew the

fat/rag Slang

To talk together in a friendly, leisurely way; chat at length.

See also: chew

References in classic literature ?

Which sentiment being a pretty hard morsel, and bearing something of the air of a paradox, we shall leave the reader to chew the cud upon it to the end of the chapter.

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Patients were instructed to chew the gum for 20 minutes and then discard the gum.

Effect of Gum Chewing on Bowel Motility Following Elective Colon Resection

When you chew the digestive enzymes in saliva start the digestion process and help break down nutrients.

Chewing

Mammals use tongue muscles to position the food, so that jaw muscles can best use teeth to chew the food.

Tongue Key to How Fish and Mammals Chew

You can help by training him to chew the right things.

WE'VE had our new puppy [...]; Pets and their people

I would chew the gum during the day and smoke at night so that nobody would know (or so I thought).

Dirty secrets about coming clean. (Dyke Drama)

In Melbourne, Australia, 3,000 schoolchildren will chew the gum twice a day.

The New Cavity Fighters

This plan lacks important details, like how long you chew the gum before blowing bubbles.

Plan it out!

"The way people chew the food depends more on the food's properties, not the individual, so you can design food which people won't chew much and [food they] will chew a lot," Stuff.co.nz quoted Morgenstern as saying.

Properly chewing food 'not always best for your health'

As a result, patients usually receive instructions on how and when to chew the gum.