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
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On one of his line’s first shifts of the series, star center Aleksander Barkov pushed the puck up the ice, passed to his right to Sam Reinhart, got the puck back from the All-Star forward and then slid one more pass across the front of the net to tee up Verhaeghe for a tap-in goal.
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David Wilson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
Their backing, at upcoming meetings in June or October, would tee up insurance coverage.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The track seems to be the taste of some of the music the Canadian Grammy winner has been teeing up for the last several months.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Once customers press a button, out rolls a golf ball that tees up automatically.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
The contest tees up a competitive general election fight, where the winning Democrat will all but certainly face off against the popular former governor as the party seeks to hold on to the seat in November.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 May 2024
Several of those members also mulled introducing a motion to vacate, which would tee up a vote to oust Johnson, though others indicated the ultraconservative lawmakers weren't willing to take that step yet.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
The decision tees up a discussion over how to redraw the voting map, which would decide who can vote for candidates to represent them in neighborhoods across Florida’s second most populous city.
—Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
The 48-year-old will tee up for the 26th time at the 88th edition of the prestigious tournament on Thursday, marking only his second competitive appearance of the season and his first major start since last year’s event in Georgia.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
David Wilson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
Their backing, at upcoming meetings in June or October, would tee up insurance coverage.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The track seems to be the taste of some of the music the Canadian Grammy winner has been teeing up for the last several months.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Once customers press a button, out rolls a golf ball that tees up automatically.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
The contest tees up a competitive general election fight, where the winning Democrat will all but certainly face off against the popular former governor as the party seeks to hold on to the seat in November.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 May 2024
Several of those members also mulled introducing a motion to vacate, which would tee up a vote to oust Johnson, though others indicated the ultraconservative lawmakers weren't willing to take that step yet.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
The decision tees up a discussion over how to redraw the voting map, which would decide who can vote for candidates to represent them in neighborhoods across Florida’s second most populous city.
—Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
The 48-year-old will tee up for the 26th time at the 88th edition of the prestigious tournament on Thursday, marking only his second competitive appearance of the season and his first major start since last year’s event in Georgia.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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