tee off
verb
teed off; teeing off; tees off
1
: to drive from a tee
3
: to hit hard
4
: to make an angry denunciation
—often used with on
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If and when the Patriots are trailing, opponents will be free to tee off on an O-line that may field a single above-average pass-blocker this year.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Of those, 77 will tee off on Sunday, as recently crowned Junior PGA champion Lunden Esterline withdrew after a first-round 7-over 79.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
With Ireland’s Shane Lowry making up the threesome, the group was one of the first to tee off at 8:12 AM on that Sunday in 2020.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
After Democrats ended a headline-grabbing bid to block the GOP move, Republicans teed off debate in the state House of Representatives by making no bones that their goal is to help Trump hold onto Congress in what is shaping up as a difficult political environment.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Of those, 77 will tee off on Sunday, as recently crowned Junior PGA champion Lunden Esterline withdrew after a first-round 7-over 79.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
With Ireland’s Shane Lowry making up the threesome, the group was one of the first to tee off at 8:12 AM on that Sunday in 2020.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
After Democrats ended a headline-grabbing bid to block the GOP move, Republicans teed off debate in the state House of Representatives by making no bones that their goal is to help Trump hold onto Congress in what is shaping up as a difficult political environment.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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