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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By the time local love interest Nick (Benjamin Cheng) arrives — quietly teeing up a love triangle between himself, Lucy, and Hannah — the glass-paned, island house has more than enough victims and intrigue to entice evil Ben out to play.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
The singer teed up the album announce earlier this week by posting on social media that his album was done.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
The House on Wednesday cleared the first procedural hurdle teeing up a vote Thursday evening on passage of a clean three-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired at the end of 2025.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2026
Four additional projects – in Hillcrest, Grantville, downtown’s East Village and Redwood Village near San Diego State – are teed up for City Council approval early this year.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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