beef up
English
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Verb
beef up (third-person singular simple present beefs up, present participle beefing up, simple past and past participle beefed up)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
- We need to beef up security around the airport.
Related terms
- beefy
- beefed up
- beef out
- beefed out
- beef
Translations
to strengthen or reinforce — see strengthen
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