(v.) to start beef with someone in a slow, brooding manner.

Compared to starting beef, raising cattle tends to be a more open and controlled grudge-holding process. It must be nurtured over a long period, like cattle on a farm, and can last several years.

Eventually, however, the grudge-holders may slaughter their cattle and convert it to beef. At this moment, they grudge-holders might begin tussling at a pre-game, heckling each other on campus, or fist-fighting in the middle of the quarterly marketing meeting.
Max: "I hate Erin."
Lou: "Time to raise cattle."
by nolandc September 20, 2019
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1. "Why did you screenshot all those DMs you got from Lucia's ex? You trying to start beef?"
2. "Nah, I actually slid into his DMs ages ago after she dipped from the club without paying. The DMs and screenshots are part of the raise cattle phase."
by daltonjfk December 17, 2019
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