beef (redirected from beefed)

beef something up

to add strength or substance to something. Let's beef this music up with a little more on the drums. They beefed up the offer with another thousand dollars.

See also: up

beef about someone or something

Sl. to complain about someone or something. Stop beefing about Karen. He is always beefing about his working conditions.

Where's the beef?

Inf. Where is the substance?; Where is the important content? That's really clever and appealing, but where's the beef? Where's the beef? There's no substance in this proposal.

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Where's the beef?  (American informal)

something that you say when you think someone does not have enough ideas to make their plans work Where's the beef? The Senator has no new political initiatives or ideas.

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beef up something also beef something up

to make something stronger or more effective The city is beefing up police patrols, putting more cops on the street where they can be seen.

See also: up

have a beef with somebody/something

to think someone or something should be changed I've got nothing against advertising, but I do have a beef with how many bad ads there are on TV.

See also: have