tee up
phrasal 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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The premiere date tees up an almost identical release strategy to season 1, which ran from November 2024 to January 2025.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
The move tees up a floor vote in the House, where the map will be considered by all members.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Aug. 2025
The pressure at the airport extended to a nearby air traffic control facility that tees up planes to land, Bryan Lehman, a manager at that facility, testified on Thursday.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Giants couldn’t have gotten Webb a win in the 10th, but they were teed up for a feel-good walk-off.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
The move tees up a floor vote in the House, where the map will be considered by all members.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Aug. 2025
The pressure at the airport extended to a nearby air traffic control facility that tees up planes to land, Bryan Lehman, a manager at that facility, testified on Thursday.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Giants couldn’t have gotten Webb a win in the 10th, but they were teed up for a feel-good walk-off.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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