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What does “beef” mean here?

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Rebecca

"Beef" in this fragment means a complaint. Ex: I can never understand her beef with me. She will always push me purposely when I pass by her. Beef can also be used in verb form. To "beef about something" means to complain about something. Ex: He always beefs about his life as a postgraduate student.

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