beef up

• Verbo frasal que significa reforçar, melhorar ou tornar algo mais forte, substancial ou eficaz.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Strengthen or improveinformal

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

   Reforçar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaugmentbolsterboostbuild upconsolidateenhancefortifyintensifyreinforcestrengthen

   Antônimosdiminishimpairreduceundermineweaken

2. Increase in size or quantityinformal

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

   Reforçar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaugmentboostbuild upenlargeexpandincreaseintensifyreinforcestrengthenswell

   Antônimoscutdecreasediminishlessenreduceshrinktrim

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