Question of the Day #1066

I got an opportunity to chop it up with the entire band about their origin story, their roles as musicians, themes of their debut album, Quarantined, mental health, and much more!

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at No Echo.

  上記の文で、chop it upの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "chop it up" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎等にこのイディオムが掲載されていないので、下記Wiktionaryの英語の定義を訳すと、

（アフリカ系アメリカ人の口語・スラング）友人・知人とお互いのことを話し合うこと。とくに、久しく会っていない場合。

Catch upとほぼ同じ意味と用法です。
   

Answer

According to Wiktionary:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) To catch up with a person, especially after a long time apart.

 

Examples

• Damn! I haven't seen you in hella long! Gimme a call and we'll chop it up!
• so i was chopping it up with Jay, he said he wanted to kick it.
• Me and my homegirl was choppin it up last night.
• "I called my boy and we chopped it up for awhile about last night."
• 'Yeah, I'm gonna take you to dinner tomorrow, we’re going to chop it up and Roc Nation wants to sign you.'

   

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