bash around

bash around

To mistreat something or someone; to treat forcefully or roughly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bash" and "around." Please be careful not to bash my phone around when you borrow it. If I see my neighbor bashing around his pets, I will call the police.
See also: around, bash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bash someone or something around

to treat someone or something roughly (physically or figuratively); to beat on or abuse someone or something (physically or otherwise). Stop bashing me around, and let's talk. The robber acted as though he was about to bash around his victims.
See also: around, bash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bash about
  • bash out
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • attune to
  • ask back
  • orient
  • orient to
References in periodicals archive
SHE ADDS: "MY SISTER HAD A SWINGBALL IN HER GARDEN THAT HE'D BASH AROUND FOR AGES.
Overcast skies and a modest breeze robbed the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's annual Solas Big Boat Challenge bash around Sydney Harbour of some of its drama this year, but the flat waters and light winds were made to order for the slim, elegant Wild Oats XI.
I would like a woman as leader and what Liz has to do now is show her inner core of steel, show she's not afraid of being tough, show she has the clarity and courage to lead and unite our party, and show she's not afraid to square up for a bash around TV or radio studios.
See the match in pictures at www.birminghammail.net/picturegalleries BULLDOG BASH Around 15,000 people turned up for the four-day Bulldog Bash festival near Stratford.
"It's good fun doing it on a Saturday and a Wednesday or a Tuesday night, having a bash around.
After an hour I was frankly bored and even the spectacle of the lads and a couple of girls climbing up on to the quasi industrial backdrop to bash around at some metal objects strung from scaffolding didn't raise my interest.
Laidre says that when she's seen males confront each other at tusk point, they don't really bash around. They raise their heads and sway.
After the media bash around teatime, for the first time fans will be involved in the season's launch with Sheffield indie rockers Reverend and The Makers the headline act as a 'meet and greet' with the players provides a focus for the evening - Eorl Crabtree unsurprisingly being the prominent figure representing the Giants.
An insider revealed conference facilities would cost between pounds 150 and pounds 200 per delegate - making the cost of the bash around pounds 40,000.