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

New surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems have also been added to the Louvre to help beef up security on the scene. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2026

Match has beefed up its virtual dating features in recent years, adding many new features. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026

Tkachuk immediately beefs up the team’s top six and feels like a particularly perfect fit on a top line with Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart. — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Atlanta police have beefed up security to separate their fans. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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