beef up, v.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
make strong or stronger
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
beef up fortify strengthen
sample sentences
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body""strengthen the relations between the two countries"
verb frames
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verb frames
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Something ----s somebody
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verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
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