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tee up
verb
1. make detailed arrangements or preparations
• Hypernyms: ↑stage, ↑arrange
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. place on a tee
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tee golf balls

• Syn: ↑tee
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tee (for: ↑tee)
• Topics: ↑golf, ↑golf game
• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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tee up
To prepare (oneself or something) (with for)
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Main Entry: ↑tee

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ˌtee ˈup [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tee up present participle teeing up past tense teed up past participle teed up] phrasal verb
to put a ball on a tee
Thesaurus: golfhyponym sports events and competitionshyponym
Main entry: tee

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tee up [phrasal verb]
tee up or tee (a ball) up or tee up (a ball) : to place (a ball) on a tee

It's time to tee up.

He teed up the ball. = He teed the ball up.

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Main Entry: ↑tee

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ˌtee sthˈup | ˌtee ˈup derived
to prepare to hit a ↑golf ball by placing it on a ↑tee
Main entry: ↑teederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.