engage\ in\ small\ talk

engage\ in\ small\ talk
v. phr.
To converse with a stranger or casual acquaintance about matters of no great importance in order to make the time go faster.

The patients in the doctor's waiting room engaged in small talk complaining about the hot weather.


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