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Male gorillas beat their chests as a show of strength and dominance, in an attempt to challenge or intimidate other males.

We've adopted the expression to refer to someone who does something (scream at a subordinate, for example) for no other reason than to remind everyone who's in charge, especially the kind of person who makes a habit of doing so.

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