bulk up

verb

1. adverb to increase or cause to increase in size or importance

Example Sentences

But that didn’t work against a Mater Dei defense with too much speed and bulk up front.

From Los Angeles Times

D’Anton Lynn and Eric Henderson are working to overhaul the USC defense, which includes getting the entire team to bulk up.

From Los Angeles Times

Most mature humpbacks here will eat about three million Antarctic krill each day, as they bulk up for a 8,000km journey back to breeding grounds in the tropical Pacific.

From BBC

D’Anton Lynn and Eric Henderson are working to overhaul the USC defense, which includes getting the entire team to bulk up.

From Los Angeles Times

Because the previous water year had plenty of rain, he said it was a good thing that this year was average or slightly above average.“We had moisture last year to bulk up the reservoirs and there were concerns coming into this year that we’d go back to dry conditions,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bolster
• broaden
• develop
• enlarge
• grow
• increase
• open
• spread
• swell
• widen