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

Based on Nash Jenkins’ debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos, Foster Dade was one of three YA pilots Hulu had ordered over the past year as the streamer has been looking to beef up its offerings in the arena following the breakout success of its college drama Tell Me Lies. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 May 2026

After Anthropic’s success in attracting business users, OpenAI is beefing up its Codex coding agent and other work tools. —John Cassidy, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

With each passing year, the company has beefed up its folding phone lineup, and in 2026, there will be four devices launching on May 21. —ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026

Letterboxd beefed up its display advertising, and rolled out a streaming rental business for obscure or hard-to-find films. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for beef up

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