The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHUCK
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The straight part
We know that "Throw away/some beef" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case throw away/some beef = chuck.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CHUCK mean?
CHUCK noun- Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- Food.
- A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- A chicken, a hen.
- A clucking sound.
- A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- To make a clucking sound.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- A casual throw.
- A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- An act or instance of vomiting.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To discard, to throw away.
- To jilt; to dump.
- To vomit.
- To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- To chuckle; to laugh.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
- A small pebble.
- (in the plural) Money.