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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In another, Stocking tees up a golf ball with her chin at a local driving range.
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Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Tristen, a man perpetually on a mission, tees up a menu that takes aspects of another culture’s cuisine (this time Italian), blends it into his own (i.e., Afro-Caribbean), and creates something entirely new.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 June 2025
In the below interview, Wilson and Keller talk what the show’s first three episodes — now streaming on Apple TV+ — tee up for the rest of the series, how the characters balance past and present and what keeps them in Pryce Cahill’s orbit.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 June 2025
The vote tees up consideration of the land-use changes by the city of San Diego’s Planning Commission this summer and the City Council in the fall.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
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Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Tristen, a man perpetually on a mission, tees up a menu that takes aspects of another culture’s cuisine (this time Italian), blends it into his own (i.e., Afro-Caribbean), and creates something entirely new.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 June 2025
In the below interview, Wilson and Keller talk what the show’s first three episodes — now streaming on Apple TV+ — tee up for the rest of the series, how the characters balance past and present and what keeps them in Pryce Cahill’s orbit.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 June 2025
The vote tees up consideration of the land-use changes by the city of San Diego’s Planning Commission this summer and the City Council in the fall.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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