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Meaning of tee up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To place a golf ball on a tee.
  2. To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
  3. To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
  4. To give a coach or player a technical foul.
  5. To prepare; to make ready.
    figuratively

Examples

“This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tee-tee tee-teed tee-teeing teed off teef teefed

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