Collocations for "beef"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "beef" in context.
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beef
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [ground, hamburger, sliced] beef
- is (100%) [angus, organic, real] beef
- [American, Kobe, Canadian] beef
- [roast, broiled, pan seared, salt] beef
- cook beef [in the oven, on the fire]
- grass fed beef
- beef and [rice, lobster, broccoli]
- beef with [rice]
- beef or [chicken, pork, lobster]
- what's your beef?!
- [don't have any, have no] beef with you
- the [finest, cheapest, greasiest] cuts of beef
- he needs more beef on his [bones, muscles]
- give the [team, tank, argument] more beef
- beef [cows, farm, country]
- the beef (production) industry
- beef [stew, hamburger, jerky, stir fry, patty, bourguignon]
- an all-beef [hot dog, frankfurter, patty, hamburger]
- he (has) really beefed up
- (needs to) beef up a bit
- beef up [security, sales, income]
- (really) beefed up [our security, the sound]
- beefed it up [substantially, significantly, recently, a bit]
- [substantially] beefed it up
- beef our [security] up
- slang: [stop, quit] beefing!
- slang: always beefing about [something, work]
'beef' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barbecue
- broth
- calf
- carrot
- chew
- chop
- chunk
- corn
- course
- cow
- crisp
- dressing
- faggot
- fillet
- filling
- flank
- gravy
- grease
- grind
- ground
- hang
- hash
- jerk
- joint
- jug
- kidney
- knuckle
- lean
- liver
- loin
- mince
- pickle
- pork
- port
- portion
- pot
- prime
- rear
- rib
- rice
- roast
- saddle
- salad
- salt
- sauce
- sausage
- shin
- sirloin
- sizzling
- skirt