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Beef up Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Beef up has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make strong or stronger

"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"

"strengthen the relations between the two countries"

2

to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

See Also
beef out reinforce beef beefed out beefed up strengthen beefy
Related Terms
Antonyms
weaken
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
vitalize ruggedize substantiate restrengthen undergird confirm reinforce buttress brace batten
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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