"beef out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beefs out [present, singular, third-person], beefing out [participle, present], beefed out [participle, past], beefed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} beef out (third-person singular simple present beefs out, present participle beefing out, simple past and past participle beefed out)
  1. (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To have a beef or grudge against somebody. Tags: intransitive

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