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tee off

verb

golf to strike (the ball) from a tee, as when starting a hole
informal��to begin; start

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Idioms and Phrases

Start or begin, as in We teed off the fundraising drive with a banquet . This usage is a metaphor taken from golf, where tee off means “start play by driving a golf ball from the tee.” [Second half of 1900s]

Make angry or irritated, as in That rude comment teed him off , or I was teed off because it rained all weekend . [ Slang ; mid-1900s] Also see tick off .

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Play was suspended with 13 players unable to complete round two, including Lawrence who, six hours and six minutes after he teed off, had just a four-foot par putt remaining when the horn sounded.

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But in a change for this year's event, all 30 players will tee off at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta on level par.

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When Mantiply returned to the mound in the seventh, it was Freeman’s turn to tee off, hitting his ninth home run of the year into the Chase Field pool for a 5-0 lead.

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And in a stadium already known as a hitter’s paradise, the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks teed off on each other in a Chase Field classic.

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And it began before the leaders teed off.

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