Have you ever had a beef with someone?
If you have a beef with someone , you're not sharing a steak, you have a gripe. Just don't beef to a cow; her problems are worse. Beef is a type of meat from cattle. If you've ever had a hamburger, you've had beef . The word beef comes from the Old French word buef, which became the word for basically, cow meat. In short, it means to start a fight, to get into argument with another person, or group of people "I like no fighting, however, don't start any beef with me".