tee up
phrasal verb
teed up; teeing up; tees up
golf
: to place (a ball) on a tee
It's time to tee up.
He teed the ball up.
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Before yesterday’s game, a bunch of reporters were teeing up questions for Roberts about which of his players might be taking it upon himself to fire guys up in situations like this Padres’ series.
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Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
On Sunday, Johnson said the House will now move forward with a vote on a three-month stopgap measure to keep the government funded without the voting measure attached, teeing up a funding fight ahead of the holidays that has become typical for Congress.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Case in point: the jokes that Tomlinson reads to tee up each segment, which tend to feel obligatory.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
That’s becoming a major problem—one that is now teeing up a major clash between environmental groups and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the one hand and the Department of Defense (DoD) on the other.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
On Sunday, Johnson said the House will now move forward with a vote on a three-month stopgap measure to keep the government funded without the voting measure attached, teeing up a funding fight ahead of the holidays that has become typical for Congress.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Case in point: the jokes that Tomlinson reads to tee up each segment, which tend to feel obligatory.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
That’s becoming a major problem—one that is now teeing up a major clash between environmental groups and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the one hand and the Department of Defense (DoD) on the other.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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