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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Notably, the conference appears to have beefed up security around the main venue – the Westin St. Francis Hotel – this year in light of the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance arm, in New York City in December. —

Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025 The renovation included beefing up all the architectural details inside the home and creating stronger definitions of the spaces to make the interiors feel cohesive. —

Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025 The Haitian government at the time announced a four-phase plan to beef up security. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025 Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Officials have beefed up security around the Capitol as Congress prepares to count the Electoral College votes Monday, amid a number of high-profile events on Capitol Hill this month. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beef up