phrasal verb

• 1Golf
  Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole.

  ‘he had not missed a par as he teed up for the last hole’

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  • ‘Jack teed the ball up’

  1. 1.1(especially in soccer) place or move the ball into position to be struck.
     ‘he teed up the ball for a shot on goal’
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     • ‘Toward the cape, a shining white radar dome was teed up on top of the gumdrop mountain.’
     • ‘Today there's an apple, a smug looking egg teed up in a cup.’