beef up

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

With each passing year, the company has beefed up its folding phone lineup, and in 2026, there will be four devices launching on May 21. —ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026

Letterboxd beefed up its display advertising, and rolled out a streaming rental business for obscure or hard-to-find films. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026

With the prospect of the Portage site, the nonprofit’s board has been beefed up with representatives bringing their unique talents to the board. —Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026

The 6-foot-5, 315-pound former Seminoles star will beef up a Jets D-line that added veterans T'Vondre Sweat, David Onyemata, Joseph Ossai and Kingsley Enagbare in free agency. —CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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