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tee up

To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
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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.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'tee up':

tee upTo place a golf ball on a tee
tee upTo place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
tee upTo give a coach or player a technical foul.
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