teeing up
Readying the ball
Teeing up comes from golf, where you place the ball on a small peg (a tee) before the first stroke of each hole.
The phrase has spread to mean preparing or setting something up for what comes next: Let me tee up this question for our guest, The report tees up the main findings.
To tee someone up is to position them for success—or sometimes for criticism.
- golfClub-and-ball course sport
- golf courseFacility for club sport
- driving rangeGolf ball hitting facility
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- setupHow something is arranged
putt · swing · preparation · framing · drive · strategy · groundwork · getting ready · fairway · agenda-setting · priming · blueprint · scheduling · arrangement · coordination · presentation · briefing · green
teeing upwrapping up
Completing a task
concluding · completing · following through · finishing off · closing out
teeing upsabotaging
Deliberately undermining or destroying
undermining · derailing · torpedoing · blocking · shutting down