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bash about

bash about verb: to physically damage something or assault someone.

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.
    • Deafening sounds drive out the words, and the performers leap violently about the stage, often bashing about their instruments and microphones.1987, E. Ann Kaplan, Rocking Around the Clock, page 61

Forms of bash about

third-person singular presentbashes about
present participlebashing about
past participlebashed about
pastbashed about

Questions about bash about

What does bash about mean?
Bash about means to physically damage something or assault someone.
What part of speech is bash about?
Bash about is a verb.
What is the past tense of bash about?
The past tense of bash about is bashed about.

Words near bash about in the dictionary

  1. Basford
  2. Basgallop
  3. Basgallops
  4. Basger
  5. bash
  6. bash about
  7. bash and grab
  8. bash and grabs
  9. bash in
  10. bash into shape
  11. bash one out

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