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

Despite David Ellison’s threats, Paramount is staying in Los Angeles, and California continues to beef up its incentives as production becomes a key issue in statewide political races. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

These manufacturers have promised to beef up their domestic production, as well as provide their medicines at lower prices to Medicaid and TrumpRx, the administration’s direct-to-consumer clearinghouse. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

The new, stricter rule comes a week after the Federal Transit Administration set a Monday deadline for the MTA to beef up worker protection. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Chipotle is beefing up its board, in a bid to reassure investors and quell concerns about potential activist scrutiny. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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