beef up

beef up
verb
make strong or stronger (Freq. 1)
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This exercise will strengthen your upper body

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strengthen the relations between the two countries

• Syn: ↑strengthen, ↑fortify
• Ant: ↑weaken (for: ↑strengthen)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fortification (for: ↑fortify), ↑strengthener (for: ↑strengthen), ↑strengthening (for: ↑strengthen)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Hyponyms:
• Cause: ↑strengthen
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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beef up (informal)
To add strength to, reinforce
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Main Entry: ↑beef

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ˌbeef ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they beef up he/she/it beefs up present participle beefing up past tense beefed up past participle beefed up] informal phrasal verb
to increase or improve something, or to make it more interesting

The hotel plans to beef up its marketing effort.

Thesaurus: to increase, or to increase somethingsynonym to make something bettersynonym to become, or to make something more interesting or excitingsynonym
Main entry: beef

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beef up [phrasal verb]
beef (something) up or beef up (something) informal : to add weight, strength, or power to (something)

Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.

The medicine helps beef up the immune system.

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Main Entry: ↑beef

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