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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for tee up