beef up

phrasal 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

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The Harris camp, in particular, has poured time and money into beefing up the vice president’s presence on popular social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. —

Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 One of the primary reasons for recent delays in beefing up the U.S. presence in the Pacific is the mandatory security requirements for U.S. diplomatic installations. —

Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Despite multiple reports echoing the area’s vulnerability to storm surges, plans to beef up the area’s defenses have been delayed and in some cases vetoed by Florida governor Ron DeSantis. —

Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024 To help combat the concurrent squall of lies, FEMA has spent precious resources to combat the untruths by beefing up the Rumor Response page on its website. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beef up