The company has invested $11 million to beef up its video news capabilities and upgrade its website.
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beef sth up phrasal — verb (T) informal to improve something or make it more interesting, more important etc: a beefed up news story | We need to beef the campaign up a bit … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ˌbeef sth ˈup — phrasal verb informal to increase or improve something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
beef — beef1 S3 [bi:f] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: buef, from Latin bos ox ] 1.) [U] the meat from a cow ▪ roast beef ▪ We have both dairy and beef cattle on the farm. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
beef something up — informal give more substance or strength to something cost cutting measures are planned to beef up performance * * * ˌbeef sthˈup derived (informal) to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc • Security has been beefed up for the royal… … Useful english dictionary
beef*/ — [biːf] noun [U] I the meat from a cow a slice of roast beef[/ex] II verb beef [biːf] beef sth up … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight … Collocations dictionary
dump — dump1 [dʌmp] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put something somewhere)¦ 2¦(get rid of something)¦ 3¦(end relationship)¦ 4¦(sell goods)¦ 5¦(copy information)¦ Phrasal verbs dump on somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch dompen to … Dictionary of contemporary English
export — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, important, main, major, principal ▪ biggest, largest ▪ Coffee is the country s biggest export … Collocations dictionary
have */*/*/ — weak [əv] , weak [həv] , strong [hæv] (3rd person singular has weak [əz] ; [həz] ; strong [hæz] ; past tense and past participle had weak [əd] ; [həd] ; strong [hæd] ) verb 1) used for forming perfect tenses [auxiliary verb] used for forming the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cut*/*/*/ — [kʌt] (past tense and past participle cut) verb [T] I 1) to use a knife or other sharp tool to divide something into pieces, or to remove a piece of something I need a sharp knife to cut the bread with.[/ex] The telephone wires had been cut.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
