beef about

beef about (someone or something)

To complain or gripe about someone or something, Of course Marjorie is beefing about how I left dishes out in the kitchen—she's not happy unless everything is perfectly put away.

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beef about someone or something

Sl. to complain about someone or something. Stop beefing about Karen. He is always beefing about his working conditions.

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