tee up
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports 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:
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American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
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Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To give a coach or player a technical foul.
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Figuratively To prepare; to make ready.