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noun

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as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service

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as in muscle
muscular strength a heavyweight wrestler with a good deal of beef

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beef

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verb

as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined

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“Beef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beef. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.

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