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.

Examples of tee up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote on Tuesday that would avert government shutdown as soon as this weekend. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is teeing up the bill for a vote Tuesday despite the lack of buy-in from Democrats, essentially daring them to vote against it and risk a shutdown. —arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025

The move tees up a dramatic confrontation on Capitol Hill next week and threatens to further fuel uncertainty for a federal workforce roiled by swift and aggressive cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk. —Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025

Get ready to tee up with our buying guide for the best kids golf club sets. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for tee up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup