tees off

Definition of tees offnext
present tense third-person singular of tee off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tees off
Verb
  • What angers me is thinking about what could have been.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fighting rages on Since the RSF overran el-Fasher, which had been one of the army’s last strongholds in Darfur, fighting has recently concentrated in various areas of Kordofan.
    Noha Elhennawy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • New York City faces budget hardships, an affordability crisis that rages on, and an urgent need for government to deliver.
    Zohran Mamdani, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • That's why, for weeks, Browns fans, analysts, and even local radio hosts have pressed Cleveland to give Sanders more playing time as the offense sputters under Dillon Gabriel.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every year, Oprah raves about her go-to comfortable clothing picks in her Favorite Things List.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Cristobal raves about the two edge rushers in Miami’s 2026 class — Venice (Florida) High’s Asharri Charles or Orlando Lake Nova’s DeAnthony Lafayette.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • When the home team loses, the cold snaps extra hard.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Coca-Cola takes that engraving process a step further with a machine that snaps a photo of the user, then embosses that picture onto the iconic red can of soda.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • As Williams storms Hollywood's A List, Fonzovs says it's been surreal.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That turns out to be a mistake, since a commando team soon storms his island with orders to kill him on sight.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Tees off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tees%20off. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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