to beef up

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English - Turkish
kuvvetlendirmek
güçlendirmek
(Argo) güçlenme
(Argo) genişleme
English - English
to strengthen or reinforce, especially by adding material (or meat)

Let's beef up the hinge, in case anybody leans on the door.

If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it. Both sides are still beefing up their military strength. a beefed up police presence
make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries"
increase in size or number; fatten up
to beef up

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı bif ʌp

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈbēf ˈəp/ /tə ˈbiːf ˈʌp/

    Etymology

    [ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.

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