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beef
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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.

beef up something
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.

have a beef with someone/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.


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GRANADA HILLS -- Security will be beefed up at Kennedy High School on Monday after six students and a school police officer were hurt Friday in two separate fights on campus, officials said.
BPG) has beefed up its growing Northern Virginia portfolio with the acquisition of 15201 Diamondback Drive, a 58,266 s/f office building, from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), who vacated the facility as part of a corporate consolidation program.
 
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