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.

Examples of tee up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While plenty of players were teeing up on the ground nearby, course managers ask that players stay on the mats. — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

Later in the second half, Olise teed up Ousmane Dembele with prodded outside-of-the-boot passes after picking up loose balls in front of the defence. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026

But for Chris Williams, an 18-year employee of the California Department of Education, the contentious return-to-office process may have teed up a strained relationship with downtown. — Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Supergirl doesn't end with a flashy post-credits scene to tee up the next DC Studios movie. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for tee up

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