Idiom
squash the beef
Meaning
To resolve a grudge.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They decided to squash the beef and be friends again.”
“After arguing for months about the project, the two coworkers finally sat down to squash the beef.”
“Despite their long-standing rivalry, the two leaders eventually agreed to squash the beef in order to focus on the common goals of their organizations.”
Examples
simple
“They decided to squash the beef and be friends again.”
contextual
“After arguing for months about the project, the two coworkers finally sat down to squash the beef.”
complex
“Despite their long-standing rivalry, the two leaders eventually agreed to squash the beef in order to focus on the common goals of their organizations.”
Origin
From the noun beef, denoting a grudge or a dispute, with squash functioning as a verb of suppression. The term describes the resolution of an existing conflict.
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