n. (informal)
25B6; noun
there's plenty of beef on him : MUSCLE, brawn, bulk; strength, power.
his beef was about the cost : COMPLAINT, criticism, objection, cavil, quibble, grievance, grumble, grouse; informal gripe, grouch, moan, whinge.
25B6; verb security was being beefed up : TOUGHEN UP, strengthen, build up, reinforce, consolidate, invigorate, improve.