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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Sports + entertainment Sports at a glance … The final round of the PGA Championship tees off later today in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Scheffler will play the final round of the PGA Championship with Noren, teeing off at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The thought of golfers teeing off on an Indigenous sacred site every day grated Wallace.
—Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Conners was 8-under par and is set to tee off at 2:20 p.m. ET.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Scheffler will play the final round of the PGA Championship with Noren, teeing off at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The thought of golfers teeing off on an Indigenous sacred site every day grated Wallace.
—Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Conners was 8-under par and is set to tee off at 2:20 p.m. ET.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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