bash in

See also: bashin'

English

Verb

bash in (third-person singular simple present bashes in, present participle bashing in, simple past and past participle bashed in)

1. (informal, transitive) To break or dent badly by hitting violently.

   We got home to find that someone had bashed in the door.

2. (informal, transitive) To injure (someone) with violent blows.

   Careful, or I'll bash your face in!

Usage notes

• In all senses the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Anagrams

• Bhasin, Bishan, ash-bin, ashbin, banish, nisbah