beef
noun
the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
had beefed
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past perfectof beef.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The company had beefed up its staff after acquiring four gaming businesses — Glendale-based Night School, Boss Fight Entertainment out of Allen, Texas, Finland-based Next Games and Spry Fox based in Seattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Sarah Clarke QC, counsel for the inquest, suggested to the officer he had "beefed up" the log because he knew there would be an inquest before a coroner.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
“If the nursing homes had beefed up their staffing, done the testing twice a week and had adequate PPE … they would have saved thousands of lives.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
In a statement, the bank said it had invested nearly $1 billion in training and oversight, and had beefed up its anti-financial-crime division.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
They were cooking supper, and they had "beefed a critter" that had broken a leg that afternoon running among rocks.
From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower
