bandying around
Passing words carelessly
To bandy something around (or about) is to pass it casually from person to person, especially words, ideas, or names: His name has been bandied around as a potential candidate.
The phrase often implies careless or excessive repetition: Statistics get bandied around without anyone checking them.
From bandy, originally a ball game where players knocked a ball back and forth.
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
- idle chatterTrivial, aimless conversation
- shooting the breezeCasual, aimless conversation
- exchangingTrading between parties
- debatingFormal argumentative discourse
spreading · word of mouth · tossing · speculating · trivializing · repeating · conversing · whispering · loose talk · glossing · brainstorming · exaggerating · discussing · distorting · rumor · hearsay · arguing · proposing
information handling
bandying aroundkeeping to oneself
Staying socially isolated
holding back · safeguarding · protecting · withholding · concealing