cry beef

verb

To raise a hue and cry.

Meanings

verbcry beef (third-person singular simple present cries beef, present participle crying beef, simple past and past participle cried beef)

present singular third person cries beef · participle present crying beef · participle past cried beef · past cried beef

  1. To raise a hue and cry.
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