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Similar words: barf up · bead up · bear up · beat up · belt up · brew up · feed up · feel up · gee up · tee up
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beef

 1 noun FOODmairteoil fem3  c m uminced beef mairteoil mhionaitheroast beef mairteoil rósta 2 noun informal complaintgearán masc1  c m ucnáimhseáil fem3  c m ucasaoid fem2  c m uclamhsán masc1  c m uwhat's your beef? cad é an gearán atá ort?, cad é atá ort?
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3 verb informal INTRANSITIVEcasaoid verb  c m utabhair amach  c m ugearán verb  c m uthey're always beefing about television bíonn siad seasta ag casaoid faoin teilifísyou're the one who's beefing tusa atá ag gearán
phrases

where's the beef?

 (also

what's the beef?

) informal 1 where's the substance?cén t-adhmad a bhainfear as? 2 what's your complaint?cad é an gearán atá ort?
phrasal verbs

beef up

 informal (v + adv) TRANSITIVEneartaigh verb  c m uteann a chur leteann suas  c m uthey've beefed up their defence tá a gcosaint neartaithe acu

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