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

Bringing passenger service to Moline also tees up potential expansions to Iowa City, Des Moines and Omaha, if Iowa and Nebraska officials choose to pursue them. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

The Lady Greyhounds, gathered and glammed for the night, finally had a chance to reveal more of their lives, and the writers teed up an opportunity to create new plotlines that could propel the season forward. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Avoiding another shutdown House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to tee up the funding bill early in the week. — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

House lawmakers are otherwise focused on the midterms; Republicans teed up a resolution condemning socialism for consideration this week. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for tee up

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