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Definition of Beefed-up
1. Adjective. Made greater or stronger. "Beefed-up sales efforts"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beefed-up
Literary usage of Beefed-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Our gliders would transport elements of the 17th Airborne: the 194th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, beefed up with artillery and engineers and, therefore, ..."
2. INS Management: Follow-up on Selected Problems by Evi L. Rezmovic, Linda R. Watson, Charity J. Goodman, Charles M. Johnson (1998)
"... Tucson, McAllen, and El Paso; (2) tighten control at pori of the impact from
beefed-up Border Patrol activities; (3) facilit; inspectors, opening lanes, ..."
3. Violence in California Prisons: A Proposal for Research Into Patterns and Cures by James Gilligan (2000)
"White, a former Sacramento County district attorney, was tabbed by Davis as
inspector general,_ a newly beefed up watchdog post that reports directly to the ..."
4. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"The structure was "beefed up" at some points, and reinforcement strips on the
floor helped carry the weight of the cargo. At the forward section, ..."
5. Cartanian Geometry, Nonlinear Waves, and Control Theory by Robert Hermann (1979)
"The latter is the narrower, mainly involving the classic tools of optimization
and the calculus of variations, beefed up with certain “modern” touches. ..."
6. Enforcement of Penalties Against Violations of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba edited by Dan Burton (1996)
"... and I want to commend the President who in fact for the first time really has
really beefed up OFAC's offices in Miami. And for everybody talking about ..."
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