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

In order to beef up its ability to accurately measure viewership data in the streaming era, Nielsen is moving forward with a plan to use more information gathered from its partners’ wearable devices. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026

The retailer expanded the space allotted for Asian food products by about 75% and beefed up offerings of noodles and snacks in the category after sales rose more than 25% in the last year. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Viewership rates ticked up after FX released the show on DVD and beefed up its marketing toward college students; the show also found a niche audience on Hulu, which launched to the public in early 2008. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

In response, Moroccan and Spanish authorities beefed up security presence and limited movement toward the area. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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