tee up

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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Avoiding another shutdown House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to tee up the funding bill early in the week. — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 House lawmakers are otherwise focused on the midterms; Republicans teed up a resolution condemning socialism for consideration this week. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The ruling Friday creates a circuit split, with dueling rulings on the same question, teeing up the issue for potential Supreme Court review. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 New Zealand's Codie Taylor teed up the first penalty by Kolbe but South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth's high tackle put New Zealand on attack. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tee up

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“Tee up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20up. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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