swap stories

idiom

informal
: to tell stories to each other
We spent some time swapping stories about our college days.

Examples of swap stories in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The camp is attended by a private staff, who cook meals over a campfire, swap stories about life in the bush, and can help chase away any errant hippos that might wander by. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024 Do the families of former presidents socialize and swap stories? Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2023 Feel free to swap stories, but always verify where your sources of information are coming from. Pamela Appea, Parents, 30 Jan. 2024 Private, commercial, USGS and National Park Service boaters gather there to swap stories and information. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024 The 1993 film is set in San Francisco, where four Chinese-American women, along with their Chinese immigrant mothers, gather to play Mahjong and swap stories that are full of happiness, hardship and the culture clashes that arise between generations. Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023 While vacationing in the Swamp, guests will have the chance to stay up late, swap stories, and eat like an ogre — because in the morning, Donkey’s making waffles! Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023 What’s stopping you from being the most engaging, gregarious, funny nurse who cares enough to swap stories with patients to help make their days - and yours - a bit brighter? Elaine Welteroth, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023 What’s stopping you from being the most engaging, gregarious, funny nurse who cares enough to swap stories with patients to help make their days — and yours — a bit brighter? Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023

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“Swap stories.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap%20stories. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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