beat one's breast
English
editVerb
editbeat one's breast (third-person singular simple present beats one's breast, present participle beating one's breast, simple past beat one's breast, past participle beaten one's breast or (colloquial) beat one's breast)
- (figuratively) To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.
- Synonym: beat one's chest
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edit- “beat your breast chest”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “beat one s breast”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “to beat one s breast”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “beat your breast” (US) / “beat your breast” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “beat one’s breast”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.