bash about

Related to bash about: having it out

bash about

To treat or handle someone or something in a very rough, aggressive, or violent manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bash" and "about." Please don't come into the lab and start bashing all the equipment about like that—you're liable to break something! Some of the teachers have begun to suspect that the poor child is being bashed around at home by his stepfather.
See also: bash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • attune to
  • ask back
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • involved with