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.

Examples of tee up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Biden Administration’s approach clearly seems to be to tee up the offer of this Saudi deal as a huge positive incentive for Israel to make commitments on the Palestinian track. —

Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024 The ball will still be teed up at the 35-yard line. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024 On one of his line’s first shifts of the series, star center Aleksander Barkov pushed the puck up the ice, passed to his right to Sam Reinhart, got the puck back from the All-Star forward and then slid one more pass across the front of the net to tee up Verhaeghe for a tap-in goal. —

David Wilson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024 Their backing, at upcoming meetings in June or October, would tee up insurance coverage. —

Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for tee up

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