chat briefly
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
to talk in a friendly, informal way for a short time
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Examples (20)
- Let's chat briefly before the meeting starts.
- We chatted briefly about the weather before the meeting began.
- We chatted briefly on the phone yesterday about our plans.
- Could we chat briefly in my office when you have a moment?
- The manager wants to chat briefly with you about your performance review.
- I saw Sarah at the store and we chatted briefly in the aisle.
- I only had time to chat briefly with her at the party.
- The manager will chat briefly with each team member tomorrow morning.
- They chatted briefly while waiting for the elevator.
- He only had time to chat briefly on the phone during his lunch break.
- Could we chat briefly about the upcoming deadline?
- I've only chatted briefly with the new CEO, but she seems very approachable.
- She stopped by my desk to chat briefly about the weekend.
- Did you get a chance to chat briefly with the keynote speaker after his talk?
- The two leaders chatted briefly before the official talks began.
- Let's chat briefly after class to coordinate the project.
- He called me to chat briefly and see how I was doing.
- The two leaders chatted briefly through a translator during the summit.
- We managed to chat briefly during the coffee break.
- We always chat briefly while waiting for the elevator.