beef up

phrasal 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

Following a fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in New York, Ford is looking to beef up its truck production capacity at the Kentucky Truck Plant. —Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025

In total, the researchers analyzed 357 contemporary mosquitoes and 22 historical specimens, and used additional mosquito samples from a separate study, which beefed up the overall count to about 800. —Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

Wall Street’s big bet on AI is beefing up the pockets of some of the most prominent leaders in the tech space. —Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

There’s also room for improvement with dual SSD and RAM slots, giving you the flexibility to beef up your specs later down the line. —PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for beef up

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