Meanings
verbsquash the beef (third-person singular simple present squashes the beef, present participle squashing the beef, simple past and past participle squashed the beef)
present singular third person squashes the beef · participle present squashing the beef · participle past squashed the beef · past squashed the beef
- idiomaticslangAfrican-American VernacularTo resolve a grudge.
How you gonna explain fuckin' a man? Even if we squash the beef, I ain't touchin' your hand
2003, DMX, “Where the Hood At?”, in Grand Champ
Origin
Beef here is used in its sense of "grudge", "dispute".
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