talk shop

talk shop
verb
discuss matters that are related to work (Freq. 1)
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As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop

Hypernyms: ↑discourse, ↑talk about, ↑discuss
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Sam and Sue talk shop

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Sam wants to talk shop with Sue

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talk shop
To talk about one's own work or business
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Main Entry:shop
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talk shop see under ↑shop
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Main Entry:talk

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talk shop phrase
to talk about your work, especially in a way that is boring for other people

Stop talking shop, you guys, and let’s eat and relax.

Thesaurus: to discuss somethingsynonym
Main entry: shop

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see shop

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talk ˈshop idiom
(usually disapproving) to talk about your work with the people you work with, especially when you are also with other people who are not connected with or interested in it

Whenever we meet up with Clive and Sue they always end up talking shop.

Main entry:talkidiom

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  • talk shop — Ⅰ. talk shop DISAPPROVING ► to talk about things relating to your work when you are in a social situation, especially in a way that is not interesting to other people: »I hate these dinners where everyone talks shop the whole time. Main Entry:… …   Financial and business terms

  • talk shop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • talk shop — If you talk shop, you talk about work matters, especially if you do this outside work …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • talk shop — talk about jobs, talk about what we do at work    I don t like to talk shop when we have visitors. It s too boring …   English idioms

  • talk shop — ► talk shop discuss matters concerning one s work, especially at an inappropriate time. Main Entry: ↑shop …   English terms dictionary

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  • talk shop — if people who work together talk shop, they talk about their work when they are not at work. Even when they go out in the evening, they just talk shop all the time …   New idioms dictionary

  • Talk shop —   If you talk shop, you talk about work matters, especially if you do this outside work …   Dictionary of English idioms

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