"bash about" meaning in All languages combined

See bash about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: bashes about [present, singular, third-person], bashing about [participle, present], bashed about [participle, past], bashed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bash about (third-person singular simple present bashes about, present participle bashing about, simple past and past participle bashed about)
  1. (informal, transitive) To physically damage something or assault someone. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bash_about-en-verb-SGuSAy6z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about"

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for bash about meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)

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