"cry beef" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cries beef [present, singular, third-person], crying beef [participle, present], cried beef [participle, past], cried beef [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry beef (third-person singular simple present cries beef, present participle crying beef, simple past and past participle cried beef)
  1. To raise a hue and cry.
    Sense id: en-cry_beef-en-verb-Wfe7fjtj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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