beefed up
Added more muscle
Beefed up means made stronger, larger, or more substantial.
Security gets beefed up after a threat.
A résumé gets beefed up before a job search.
An engine gets beefed up for more power.
The phrase suggests adding muscle or heft to something that was adequate but could be more impressive: They beefed up the proposal with additional data.
Raised in quality
- improvedMade superior to before
- augmentedIncreased in size/value
- boostedRaised or amplified
- optimizedMade maximally efficient
expanded · supercharged · turbocharged · souped-up · maxed-out · pumped-up · juiced · tricked-out
upgraded
Raised in quality
optimized · expanded · supercharged · turbocharged · souped-up · maxed-out · pumped-up · juiced · tricked-out · overhauled
reinforced
Made more resistant
protected · shielded · defended · buttressed · braced · plated · thickened · ruggedized · bombproof · bulletproof
jacked
Extremely muscular, slang
brawny · pumped · musclebound · hulking · built · massive · stacked · yoked · diesel · thick
beefed upweakened
Made less capable
enfeebled · debilitated · sapped · undermined · emasculated
beefed upwatered down
Weakened by dilution
diluted · toned down · softened · attenuated · moderated
beef, beefy, fortified, enhanced, beefs, amplified, strengthened, beefing, roast beef