bandy about
verb
- discuss casually
Wiktionary
verb
- To say (things) frequently and casually, without due consideration.
“There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet.”
“In the beginning Pnin was greatly embarrassed by the ease with which first names were bandied about in America: after a single party, with an iceberg in a drop of whisky to start and with a lot of whisky in a little tap water to finish, you were supposed to call a gray-templed stranger “Jim,” while he called you “Tim” for ever and ever.”