beef up
phrasal verb
beefed up; beefing up; beefs up
informal
: to add weight, strength, or power to (something)
Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.
a politician looking to beef his image up
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Taking all of this into consideration, Jim sees Amazon as a buying opportunity on dips for investors who want to beef up their positions.
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
The new division’s first initiative aims to beef up content tied to History.com.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The Giants did beef up the rotation by signing right-hander Justin Verlander to a one-year, $17 million deal.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
The process used by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews bids for foreign investment in U.S. companies, was beefed up, culminating in the administration blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel.
—Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
The new division’s first initiative aims to beef up content tied to History.com.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The Giants did beef up the rotation by signing right-hander Justin Verlander to a one-year, $17 million deal.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
The process used by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews bids for foreign investment in U.S. companies, was beefed up, culminating in the administration blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel.
—Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Beef up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beef%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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