"beat one's chest" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats one's chest",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "beating one's chest",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat one's chest",
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        "colloquial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> one's chest"
      },
      "expansion": "beat one's chest (third-person singular simple present beats one's chest, present participle beating one's chest, simple past beat one's chest, past participle beaten one's chest or (colloquial) beat one's chest)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "beating his chest about his accomplishments",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To brag ostentatiously."
      ],
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        [
          "brag",
          "brag#Verb"
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        "en:brag"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-beat_one's_chest-en-verb-en:beat_one_s_breast",
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          "word": "beat one's breast"
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  ],
  "word": "beat one's chest"
}

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  "etymology_text": "The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat one's chest",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> one's chest"
      },
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        }
      ],
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        "To brag ostentatiously."
      ],
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          "brag#Verb"
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        "Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”)"
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}