teed up
Placed for driving
Teed up comes from golf, where a ball is placed on a small peg (a tee) before the first stroke of each hole.
The phrase has moved well beyond sports to mean prepared or positioned for action: The proposal is teed up for the board meeting.
Something teed up is ready to go, set in place for the next step.
- golf courseFacility for club sport
- poisedCalm and controlled
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- arrangePlace methodically
orchestrate · set in motion · club · positioned · prepare · queued · prime · green light · on deck · batting order · align · aim · address · bring forward · ready · ready to go · golf · grip
teed upplugged
Obstructed an opening
embedded · in the rough · unplayable · obstructed · stymied
teed upunprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
unready · disorganized · caught off guard · unplanned · ad-libbed
teed upsabotaged
Deliberately damaged or destroyed
set up to fail · undermined · obstructed · complicated · thrown under the bus