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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In this massive trade scenario from Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report, multiple playoff contenders including the Warriors, beef up for the postseason. —

Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Other bills proposed by Democrats would beef up licensing requirements for gun dealers, increase safe storage requirements for firearms, enact a new tax on gun and ammunition sales, and limit the amount of guns and ammo a single person can buy in a 30-day period. —

Melissa Santos, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025 And some governments are beefing up their fleets by ordering the newest model of the plane, which is under development. —

Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2025 The new bill, which passed the Council in a 39-9 vote Thursday afternoon, would beef up the law so ex-senior City Hall officials can’t lobby any city agencies for two years after departing. —

Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beef up