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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

squash the beef en · VERB

Etymology

Beef here is used in its sense of "grudge", "dispute".

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To 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:

Forms

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squashed the beef Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
squashed the beef Tense=Past lexicographic
squashes the beef Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
squashing the beef Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic