chewed the meat and spit out the bones

A form of chew the meat and spit out the bones — To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of chew the meat and spit out the bones
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APA

chewed the meat and spit out the bones. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chewed%20the%20meat%20and%20spit%20out%20the%20bones

MLA

“chewed the meat and spit out the bones.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chewed%20the%20meat%20and%20spit%20out%20the%20bones. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chewed the meat and spit out the bones,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chewed%20the%20meat%20and%20spit%20out%20the%20bones.

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