"beat one's breast" meaning in English

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        "To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset."
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        "(figuratively) To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset."
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        {
          "word": "bare one's breast"
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        {
          "word": "self-flagellation"
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          "word": "wear sackcloth and ashes"
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          "word": "beat one's chest"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "word": "colpir-se el pit"
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          "word": "lyödä rintaansa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "battre sa coulpe"
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          "word": "bić się w piersi"
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  "word": "beat one's breast"
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      "form": "beats one's breast",
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    {
      "form": "beat one's breast",
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    {
      "form": "beaten one's breast",
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        "(figuratively) To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset."
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        {
          "word": "beat one's chest"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "colpir-se el pit"
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      "word": "lyödä rintaansa"
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      "word": "battre sa coulpe"
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      "word": "bić się w piersi"
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  "word": "beat one's breast"
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