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teeing up

teeing up is the present participle and gerund of tee up.

Meaning of tee up

Verb

tee up (third-person singular simple present tees up, present participle teeing up, simple past and past participle teed up)

  1. To place a golf ball on a tee.
  2. To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
    • 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.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC
  3. To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
  4. To give a coach or player a technical foul.
  5. (figuratively) To prepare; to make ready.

Questions about teeing up

What is teeing up the present participle and gerund of?
Teeing up is the present participle and gerund of tee up.

Words near teeing up in the dictionary

  1. teeheed
  2. teeheeing
  3. teehees
  4. teeing
  5. teeing off
  6. teeing up
  7. teejay
  8. teejays
  9. teek
  10. teeka
  11. teekas

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