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cry beef

cry beef verb: to raise a hue and cry.

Verb

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

  1. To raise a hue and cry.

Forms of cry beef

third-person singular presentcries beef
present participlecrying beef
past participlecried beef
pastcried beef

Questions about cry beef

What does cry beef mean?
Cry beef means to raise a hue and cry.
What part of speech is cry beef?
Cry beef is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry beef?
The past tense of cry beef is cried beef.

Words near cry beef in the dictionary

  1. cry all the way to the bank
  2. cry and seethe
  3. cry arsing
  4. cry babies
  5. cry baby
  6. cry beef
  7. cry blue murder
  8. cry buckets
  9. cry carrots and turnips
  10. cry craven
  11. cry cupboard

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