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beef up

/ beef up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"
"strenghten the relations between the two countries"
Opposites:
weaken
Type of:
change alter modify
Causes:
strengthen
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
17%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
3
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