tee off on (someone or something)
phrasal verb
teed off on (someone or something); teeing off on (someone or something); tees off on (someone or something)
US, informal
: to speak about (someone or something) in an angry way
The coach teed off on his players to the media.
Examples of tee off on (someone or something) in a Sentence
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Knight and Punk joined forces to tee off on Seth Rollins.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
All that remains is The Open Championship and a handful of tense regular-season stops before the FedEx Cup Playoffs tee off on August 7th.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
The final pairing of Sam Burns and Adam Scott were about to tee off on the 301-yard, par-3 eighth hole just after 4 p.m. ET when the horn blew, indicating that play was being suspended.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Players will tee off on the par-5 16th at 9:00 AM ET.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
All that remains is The Open Championship and a handful of tense regular-season stops before the FedEx Cup Playoffs tee off on August 7th.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
The final pairing of Sam Burns and Adam Scott were about to tee off on the 301-yard, par-3 eighth hole just after 4 p.m. ET when the horn blew, indicating that play was being suspended.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Players will tee off on the par-5 16th at 9:00 AM ET.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Tee off on (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off%20on%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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