How to Use tee up in a Sentence

tee up

phrasal verb
Definition of tee upnext
  • The teen can be seen teeing up to hit the ball, while Brady watches him from the side.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • His move tees up a legal battle with the school district.
    — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 18 July 2024
  • The next photos showed the pair teeing up at a nearby golf course overlooking a lake.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Case in point: the jokes that Tomlinson reads to tee up each segment, which tend to feel obligatory.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The track seems to be the taste of some of the music the Canadian Grammy winner has been teeing up for the last several months.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
  • Now Congress is teed up for a bitter funding fight that could make last year’s debate look quaint.
    — Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • The action tees up approval of a rare mega development, in the works for more than two years, in the heart of San Diego’s research cluster.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • This tees up a contentious Season 4 that will, in all likelihood, put Smart back into the awards race next year as well.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2024
  • His ruling could tee up the first major court test of private ESG investing under the law.
    — Zack Budryk, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
  • That decision tees up Trump to cap the night with closing arguments.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 June 2024
  • But the segment also sets up the whole show, framing the state of play, but also teeing up what Welker will ask the guests, both the newsmakers and the panelists.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The conversation in the car also perfectly tees up the interaction Joel has with a man named Brett at the Bible group.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The mid-March extension date tees up another funding fight toward the end of Trump's first 100 days in office.
    — Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In turn, hawkish commentary on Wednesday could tee up stocks for a selloff.
    — Brian Evans,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Sales must tee up marketing with feedback and insights.
    — Alison Murdock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Adam Sandler just made sure fans were having a Happy holiday by teeing up a first look at the sequel to one of his most beloved comedies.
    — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Even before the ruling comes down, however, the suit is teeing up other, similar cases both here and around the world.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 June 2023
  • While Ohio has lurched to the right in recent years, it's still considered a competitive state, and DeWine's appointment could tee up a major push by Democrats to flip the seat in 2026.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • Hancock instead tees up a witty evisceration of the fragility of the male ego and the havoc that ensues in the wake of its entitlement.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Opting not to tee up his ball, the world No. 5 sent clumps of turf flying before wincing in anguish as his ball splashed into the water well short of the iconic island green.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Sure enough, Palmer’s 73rd-minute equalizer was teed up by a smart touch from Bellingham following a weaving run from Saka.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • At its new Oxford Circus pop-up, the Swedish retailer is teeing up its famous blue tote to be the next big luxury bag, and for only 99 cents.
    — Violet Goldstone, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This tees up the biggest step yet on the federal level to move forward with a law in the area of children’s online safety legislation.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 23 July 2024
  • Get ready to tee up your favorite reruns for the coming days, weeks and possibly months as all parties seek a resolution.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • That picture left policymakers with enough confidence to tee up a string of rate cuts — the first since the pandemic’s early days.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set the procedural wheels in motion to tee up votes on a package of three spending bills on the floor as soon as next week.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Advertisement The action, which does not constitute project approval, tees up a process that should see a full-fledged lease agreement return to the board for approval in the second half of 2024.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Nevada’s primaries will also tee up a slew of competitive House races.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
  • That would tee up tomorrow’s matchups as a battle for just one spot, and if Atlanta loses the first game of the doubleheader, the second would become winner-takes-all.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Once customers press a button, out rolls a golf ball that tees up automatically.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024

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