beef
verb/biːf/
/biːf/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they beef | /biːf/ /biːf/ |
| he / she / it beefs | /biːfs/ /biːfs/ |
| past simple beefed | /biːft/ /biːft/ |
| past participle beefed | /biːft/ /biːft/ |
| -ing form beefing | /ˈbiːfɪŋ/ /ˈbiːfɪŋ/ |
- beef (about somebody/something) to complain a lot about somebody/something
- Don't just beef about it—do something!
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French boef, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’.
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