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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His ability to hold the ball up also allowed team-mates get forward in numbers, such as when teeing up Ben Sheaf for a shot that flew over midway through the first half.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Dua Lipa is teeing up the Winter Olympics in Milan.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
The collection also precedes another seasonal gift Santa Swift has teed up for fans.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2025
Alongside the virtual Springfield (which includes dozens of locations from the long-running series), the creative team from the show wrote a series of Simpsons shorts teeing up new features and drops.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Dua Lipa is teeing up the Winter Olympics in Milan.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
The collection also precedes another seasonal gift Santa Swift has teed up for fans.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2025
Alongside the virtual Springfield (which includes dozens of locations from the long-running series), the creative team from the show wrote a series of Simpsons shorts teeing up new features and drops.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tee up
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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