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beef up

/biːf ʌp/

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verb

/biːf ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий усилить, улучшить или сделать что-то более существенным или эффективным.

A phrasal verb meaning to strengthen, improve, or make something more substantial or effective.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Strengthen or improveinformal

    To make something stronger, more effective, or more substantial.

    ruУсилить

    • The company needs to beef up its security system.
    • He beefed up his resume with new skills.
    • We should beef up the team with more experienced members.

    Synonymsaugmentbolsterboostbuild upconsolidateenhancefortifyintensifyreinforcestrengthen

    Antonymsdiminishimpairreduceundermineweaken

  2. Increase in size or quantityinformal

    To add more of something to make it larger or more powerful.

    ruУсилить

    • They beefed up the army with new recruits.
    • She beefed up the sauce with extra spices.
    • The gym program helped him beef up his muscles.

    Synonymsaugmentboostbuild upenlargeexpandincreaseintensifyreinforcestrengthenswell

    Antonymscutdecreasediminishlessenreduceshrinktrim

Forms
  • beefed up past participle
  • beefed up past simple
  • beefing up present participle
  • beefs up third person singular

Base verbbeef