beefed-up

[beeft-uhp]

adjective

1. strengthened or reinforced.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beefed-up¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

When the headteacher sent a message to parents promising beefed-up security, she said she "felt reassured".

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If opponents thought Jack Draper looked like a 'UFC fighter' earlier this year, they might think the beefed-up Briton resembles a WWE wrestler now.

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Websites must introduce beefed-up age checks or face big fines, the regulator said.

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The cameras, essentially a beefed-up version of the technology used to collect highway tolls, collect hundreds of thousands of plate numbers every month.

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Some tenant advocates worry that the beefed-up penalties will be purely symbolic.

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