beat one's breast (English, verb)
expansion: beat one's breast (third-person singular simple present beats one's breast, present participle beating one's breast, simple past beat one's breast, past participle beaten one's breast or (colloquial) beat one's breast)
Senses:
glosses: To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: beats one's breast
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating one's breast
tags: participle
present
form: beat one's breast
tags: past
form: beaten one's breast
tags: participle
past
form: beat one's breast
tags: colloquial
participle
past