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

Examples of beef up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting, members of Congress have taken steps to beef up their security and move public events indoors or cancel them altogether. —Nik Popli, Time, 11 Sep. 2025

Additionally, Abbott’s executive order calls on DSHS and TABC to coordinate with the Texas Department of Public Safety to beef up enforcement of current regulations. —A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

More than a month after a downtown Cincinnati brawl set the city on edge and city officials agreed to take the state's help to beef up policing, city and state officials made the agreement official. —Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025

On Vegas’ next series after Bowers left, the Patriots beefed up their personnel to halt rookie running back Ashton Jeanty, and Geno Smith ripped play-action completions by them for first downs. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for beef up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup