tees off

Definition of tees offnext
present tense third-person singular of tee off
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Verb
  • LaCava said the change seems like another city policy that angers many residents without major impact.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • What angers me is thinking about what could have been.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The Sandy Fire rages on a hill behind houses at a residential area in Simi Valley, California, on May 18, 2026.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • As the war [by Russia in Ukraine] rages on, Sakha culture is increasingly reaching beyond its borders and building new connections with the East.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Beyond the red tape that snarls any new apartment, condominiums confront an additional hurdle.
    M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The arc of the season sputters between big and little problems in a haphazard manner, with strange side quests for Simon and Trevor that are more head-scratching than adventurous.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Back at home, Valerie vents to Mark about the tough position she’s been put in.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • His goodbye with Jimmy goes poorly, turning into a heated argument where Jimmy vents his frustration and hurt, feeling shut out and unappreciated by Paul.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • For the look, Lexi Westergard of Lexi Westergard Design raves about Rojo Marron by Sherwin-Williams.
    Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026
  • Leipold raves about Amachree’s work ethic and ability to pick up KU’s playbook.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • From the next room, Beckham’s longtime creative director watches the playback on her monitor and snaps into action.
    Maneet Ahuja, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Three decades from my last episode sometimes a faint quiver in my cheek snaps me back to that distant physicality—a child unable to manage her own estate that quaked.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
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“Tees off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tees%20off. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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