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talk shop
Idioms and Phrases
Converse about one's business or profession, as in Whenever John and his dad get together, they talk shop . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
This is where researchers, Parliamentary staff and the occasional MP come to talk shop and catch up with gossip.
However, Downing Street seems determined to avoid giving the impression that this new body will simply be a talking shop.
So it was that combination of talking shop and then just understanding who he was as a human being.
Even during lunch breaks, he and co-workers would often talk shop.
Critics say it is little more than a talking shop.
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