"beat one's breast" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beats one's breast [present, singular, third-person], beating one's breast [participle, present], beat one's breast [past], beaten one's breast [participle, past], beat one's breast [colloquial, participle, past]
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  1. (figuratively) To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: beat one's chest Related terms: bare one's breast, self-flagellation, wear sackcloth and ashes, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth Translations (Translations): colpir-se el pit (Catalan), lyödä rintaansa [biblical, religion, lifestyle] (Finnish), battre sa coulpe (French), bić się w piersi [imperfective] (Polish)
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