"bash someone's head" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bash someone's head.wav Forms: bashes someone's head [present, singular, third-person], bashing someone's head [participle, present], bashed someone's head [participle, past], bashed someone's head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bash someone's head (third-person singular simple present bashes someone's head, present participle bashing someone's head, simple past and past participle bashed someone's head)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To beat up someone violently. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-bash_someone's_head-en-verb-wyKvHLer Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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