beat one's chest
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beat one's chest
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The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.
verb beats one's chest · beating one's chest · beat one's chest · beaten one's chest
- To brag ostentatiously. beating his chest about his accomplishments
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Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”).
Similar: beat one's breast
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