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bash about

B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To hit or knock something or someone around carelessly and roughly.

Literal meaning: Transparent — to hit (bash) something in various directions (about).

Meanings

1 B2 informal

To handle or treat something roughly, causing damage through careless hitting or bumping.

"The removal men bashed the furniture about so badly that two chairs were broken."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 informal

To hit or knock a person around, to treat someone physically roughly.

"He claimed the bullies had been bashing him about after school."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Chiefly British English. Can refer to both physical rough handling of objects and mistreating people. Often implies repeated careless blows or bumps rather than one deliberate hit.

Commonly used with

equipment luggage furniture person toy property

Forms

Base
bash about
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bashes about
he/she/it
Past simple
bashed about
yesterday
Past participle
bashed about
have + pp
-ing form
bashing about
continuous

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