bulk up
verb
bulked up; bulking up; bulks up
: to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular
: to cause to bulk up
Examples of bulk up in a Sentence
she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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See your financial planner for ideas to help bulk up your emergency fund.
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Winnie Sun, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
And some, like Dias of the CEA, worry that the Lamont administration’s hiring slowdown at state agencies could pose challenges if Connecticut needs to ramp up its work on the education front as well as bulk up staffing.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals and extends the duties to hundreds of products made from the metals.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
As the boat pulls out of the harbor, guests are invited to bring their binoculars to the deck to check the landscape for whales, which come to the food-rich waterways each summer to bulk up for their winter calving season.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
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Winnie Sun, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
And some, like Dias of the CEA, worry that the Lamont administration’s hiring slowdown at state agencies could pose challenges if Connecticut needs to ramp up its work on the education front as well as bulk up staffing.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals and extends the duties to hundreds of products made from the metals.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
As the boat pulls out of the harbor, guests are invited to bring their binoculars to the deck to check the landscape for whales, which come to the food-rich waterways each summer to bulk up for their winter calving season.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bulk up
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“Bulk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulk%20up. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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