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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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.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
And while rom-coms are plentiful on streaming, in a post-Anyone But You world, studios are teeing up more rom-coms in theaters, like Universal’s upcoming One Night Only.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
The draft would also tee up negotiations on sanctions relief and the release of frozen Iranian funds.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 May 2026
That last-second reveal tees up Season 2 to embrace change in any number of ways.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
And while rom-coms are plentiful on streaming, in a post-Anyone But You world, studios are teeing up more rom-coms in theaters, like Universal’s upcoming One Night Only.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
The draft would also tee up negotiations on sanctions relief and the release of frozen Iranian funds.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 May 2026
That last-second reveal tees up Season 2 to embrace change in any number of ways.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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