Phrasal verb of the day: Beef up

Beef up

Significado: Reforzar o hacer que algo sea más fuerte o poderoso. Otro significado usado de una forma coloquial, es cuando necesitas fortalecer tu cuerpo, o sea, ganar mayor musculatura. Es un phrasal verb separable.

Ejemplos:

• Arnold Schwarzenegger has called on Barack Obama to beef up his policies.
• I know too many men that can cook. I  need to beef up my cooking skills.
• We’ve been letting the opposition teams score too many goals, so we need to beef our defence up a bit.