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beef up"add strength," 1941, from college slang, from beef (n.) in slang sense of "muscle-power" (1851).
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beef upVrb phrs. To increase in size or volume; basically to make stronger. E.g."Once he'd beefed up his engine, his car was unbeatable on the track."
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