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beefed-up

[ beeft-uhp ]

adjective

  1. strengthened or reinforced.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of beefed-up1

First recorded in 1940–45
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The cameras, essentially a beefed-up version of the technology used to collect highway tolls, collect hundreds of thousands of plate numbers every month.

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Some tenant advocates worry that the beefed-up penalties will be purely symbolic.

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The letters foreshadowed the Trump administration’s approach to dealing with public officials it felt would get in the way of its beefed-up immigration crackdown.

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Just four months ago, Mayor Karen Bass called for beefed-up security on transit lines following a rash of violent clashes.

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In May, Mayor Karen Bass called for beefed-up security on transit lines.

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