tee up
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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Season 5 ends on a shocking cliffhanger the tees up a new whodunit and location.
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Wednesday night, the Knicks ripped off a 20-4 run before Spurs coach Mitch Johnson thought to call a timeout, teeing up the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, a 107-106 Knicks win.
—Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Russell Wilson tees up at the third annual Saint James Open hosted by Saint James Iced Tea at Due Process Stables Golf Course in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Staal’s still elite at winning defensive zone puck battles, which helps tee up Ehlers to play to his strengths and gives the Canes an all-three-zone impact in their minutes that has added up to a 66 percent xG rate.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Wednesday night, the Knicks ripped off a 20-4 run before Spurs coach Mitch Johnson thought to call a timeout, teeing up the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, a 107-106 Knicks win.
—Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Russell Wilson tees up at the third annual Saint James Open hosted by Saint James Iced Tea at Due Process Stables Golf Course in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Staal’s still elite at winning defensive zone puck battles, which helps tee up Ehlers to play to his strengths and gives the Canes an all-three-zone impact in their minutes that has added up to a 66 percent xG rate.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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