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

Driven by looming patent cliffs, newly buoyant public markets, and Big Pharma’s race to beef up their pipelines, dealmaking so far in 2026 amounted to $106 billion over 201 deals, according to PitchBook data. —Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 4 June 2026

Along with veteran signee Khyiris Tonga, Woods stands to immediately beef up the interior of the defensive line. —Pete Sweeney june 4, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026

Mayor Andre Dickens has made tackling crime a key tenant of his second term, and multiple law enforcement agencies in Atlanta have beefed up security for June and July. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 June 2026

For years, at least since the devastating Sony Pictures hack in 2014, studios have been pouring big bucks into beefing up their online fences. —Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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