beat one's breast

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1. (figuratively) To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.

   Synonym: beat one's chest

• “beat your breast chest”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “beat one s breast”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “to beat one s breast”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “beat your breast” (US) / “beat your breast” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “beat one’s breast”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.