beefed-up
[beeft-uhp]
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adjective
strengthened or reinforced.
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Origin of beefed-up
First recorded in 1940–45
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
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Contemporary Examples of beefed-up
But the laws are weighted against the writer in the European Union with its beefed-up privacy laws.
Historical Examples of beefed-up
They believe,” said Baird, “that they can handle the Niccola with their beefed-up tractor beams.
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