How to Use beef up in a Sentence

beef up

phrasal verb
Definition of beef upnext
  • The good news is that there are plenty of options for those looking to beef up the fall garden.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The announcement comes as companies worldwide race to beef up their AI offerings.
    — Richard Nieva, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Authorities have deployed troops to beef up security in the capital.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • And beefing up the staff is a long and winding process.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 July 2023
  • Next on the list was beefing up the Tigers’ receiving corps.
    — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The Biden-Harris campaign recently beefed up its staff in the state.
    — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The chili starts with ground beef, onions, and plenty of spices before being beefed up with black beans, tomatoes, and frozen corn.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 26 July 2024
  • Image: Ikea In the meantime, Ikea has been beefing up its smart home in other ways.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Police and fire agencies across the region were beefing up staffing as the storm barrels north.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In recent weeks, Seoul officials have vowed to learn from the Hamas attack and promised to beef up their defenses.
    — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • It may be beefed up a bit to help with towing and payload capacity.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Already, as seen in the trailer, the movie’s CGI has been beefed up for natural elements such as ocean waves.
    — Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Castillo has since had the glass replaced on the first store that was broken into, and has beefed up the security and alarms on both shops.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Since then, Combs beefed up his legal team by adding new attorneys and appealed the ruling.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister and Kara Scannell, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
  • It’s also helped that the unit has been overhauled from a year ago, hoping to beef up pass rush production around Garrett.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The Steelers pounce here to beef up an already imposing running game.
    — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
  • These extra hours beef up their earnings but wreak havoc on their schedules.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Gallegos is a smart mind in the secondary and eager playmaker, but will likely need to beef up his frame.
    — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Kirby's comments come as the U.S. beefs up military posture in the region.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Years in the making Russia-watchers say Moscow has been beefing up its hybrid war units for years.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 June 2024
  • Along with beefing up the sound deadening, the available engines and their mounts were tuned to limit noise and vibrations.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Defensive line Being a bruising, tough team means beefing up the defensive front, and the Chargers have work to do there.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • United has been beefing up service from Tokyo and will offer year-round nonstop flights to Koror, Palau, from there.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The episode finds Dwight looking for some muscle to beef up his security detail.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2024
  • This winter, the carrier is beefing up its offers from Fairbanks and Juneau.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Another part of the promise was beefing up law enforcement on the highway.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • The coffee shop and music venue will be getting new operators who plan to beef up Semilla’s breakfast and lunch menu, with a pledge to be open the hours that are listed on the web.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2024
  • The deal also mapped out how losses will be shared in a catastrophe and beefed up the plan’s public reporting requirements.
    — Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 26 July 2024
  • Transfers beefed up the defense that will have Kansas State thinking of repeating its Big 12 title.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • This could include beefing up domestic defense systems and expanding the Space Force .
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024

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