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Beef up

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Context Importance

Understand when 'beef up' is appropriate, such as in business or personal improvement situations.

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She needed to beef up her resume with more experience.
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Action-Oriented

'Beef up' suggests taking active steps to improve or strengthen something.

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They plan to beef up the sales team with more members.
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Intensity

The phrase often implies a significant or noticeable increase.

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After the break-in, they had to beef up the alarm system.
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