beef up
(slang, transitive) To strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to.
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He's also handling the antisemitism stuff far better than Corbyn did. Responding to cases of antisemitism, he doesn't prevaricate and instead he's just confirmed that the Greens will beef up candidate vetting and trai…
Again, I think Nintendo is planning to beef up this game with content updates which is frustrating but par for the course for modern Nintendo.
When you need to beef up security naturally the first thing that comes to mind is a new ballroom 🤔🙄
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(slang, transitive) To strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to.
We need to beef up security around the airport.
“He's also handling the antisemitism stuff far better than Corbyn did. Responding to cases of antisemitism, he doesn't prevaricate and instead he's just confirmed that the Greens will beef up candidate vetting and training to combat it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Again, I think Nintendo is planning to beef up this game with content updates which is frustrating but par for the course for modern Nintendo.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When you need to beef up security naturally the first thing that comes to mind is a new ballroom 🤔🙄”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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