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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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • beef about (someone or something)
  • beef about someone/something
  • bellyache
  • bitching
  • grumble at
  • grumble at (someone)
  • grumble
  • grumble about (someone or something)
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Under the terms of the agreement, JBS will pay the members of National Beef about $465 million cash and $95 million in JBS common stock.
U.S. Premium Beef selling National Beef to JBS-Swift