chat away

verb

To keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.

“Opening the carriage door, I was confronted with a carriageful of people dressed to the nines, all chatting away, some holding empty champagne glasses.”

Meanings

verbchat away (third-person singular simple present chats away, present participle chatting away, simple past and past participle chatted away)

present singular third person chats away · participle present chatting away · participle past chatted away · past chatted away

  1. To keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.

    Opening the carriage door, I was confronted with a carriageful of people dressed to the nines, all chatting away, some holding empty champagne glasses.

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Chicago

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