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beef up

verb

Etymology

Originally college slang, from beef (“muscle-power”).

Definitions

  1. To strengthen or reinforce

    To strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to.

    • We need to beef up security around the airport.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beef up. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA