TEE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tee up mean? 

• TEE UP (verb)
  The verb TEE UP has 2 senses:

1. make detailed arrangements or preparations

2. place on a tee

  Familiarity information: TEE UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make detailed arrangements or preparations

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "tee up" is one way to...):

arrange; stage (plan, organize, and carry out (an event))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on a tee

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

tee; tee up

Context example:

tee golf balls

Hypernyms (to "tee up" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something