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tees up

tees up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tees up

What is tees up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tees up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tee up.

Words near tees up in the dictionary

  1. teerwa
  2. teerwas
  3. tees
  4. tees and blues
  5. tees off
  6. tees up
  7. Tees Valley
  8. Teesdale
  9. Teesdales
  10. teeshirt
  11. teeshirted

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