HyperDic: talk_shop

English > 1 sense of the expression talk shop:
VERBcommunicationtalk shopdiscuss matters that are related to work
English > talk shop: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningdiscuss matters that are related to work.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelSam and Sue talk shop; Sam wants to talk shop with Sue
Example"As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"
Broaderdiscourse, talk about, discussTo consider or examine in speech or writing

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