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beef up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. strengthen, beef up, fortifyverb

    make strong or stronger

    "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

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  1. beef upverb

    to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

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  1. beef up

    To beef up, in general, means to make something stronger or more substantial, or to increase or enhance something in power, quantity, or intensity. This can refer to any entity including skills, security measures, personnel, physical strength, resource availability, etc.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of beef up in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of beef up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of beef up in a Sentence

  1. Zane Kerby in a statement:

    We are heartened that DOT is reviewing the particulars of the situation, and believe that it should be a catalyst for both the Department and Congress to take the necessary steps to beef up passenger rights.

  2. Fan Bao:

    We want to beef up our M&A practice because we see that as a big opportunity, the long-term fundamentals for China's new-economy companies are looking good.

  3. Shinzo Abe:

    We should consider it from the perspective of what Japan can do to beef up the deterrent capability of the Japan-U.S. alliance and protect the lives and property of the Japanese people.

  4. Ian Storey:

    If you beef up security for oil and gas assets, you are protecting yourself from non-state and state actors so there is some plausibility to what he's saying, but is it really being driven by Daesh? I don't think so.

  5. Barbara Ferrer:

    Patience is going to be required because we just don't have enough doses, we're really constrained with supply right now. This is an issue at the federal level, the administration has promised to both be more transparent but also to quickly beef up production, so that we'll be able to get more supply here in Los Angeles County.


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