bash about

verb

bash about

verb

1

Informal 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:

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