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- beat oneself up
beat oneself up
beat oneself up
Fig. to be overly critical of one's behavior or actions; to punish oneself with guilt and remorse over past actions. (Not a physical beating. Fixed order.) It's over and done with. There's no need to beat yourself up. He's beating himself up over his role in the accident.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Veda | | - | Indian, Telugu, Kannada |
Isabella | | [.izə'belə] | |
Isebella | | iz-ə-BEL-ə | English (Rare) |
AntÓNia | | - | Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian |
Eko | | E-ko | Indonesian, Javanese |
Ranulph | | - | Scottish |