tee off
verb
teed off; teeing off; tees off
1
: to drive from a tee
3
: to hit hard
4
: to make an angry denunciation
—often used with on
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Scheffler tees off Thursday at 9 a.m. on Spyglass’ back-9, so the galleries may not engulf him until Friday and the weekend rounds at Pebble.
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The tournament tees off four weeks of high-profile events with a pair of Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Genesis Invitational sandwiched between the popular Phoenix Open over Super Bowl weekend.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The agreement was formalized as LIV Golf prepares for its 2025 campaign, which tees off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 6.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s where players will tee off, hitting the ball into a 64-foot-tall, 53-foot-wide screen—24 times bigger than a standard simulator—on holes that were created just for the league.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The tournament tees off four weeks of high-profile events with a pair of Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Genesis Invitational sandwiched between the popular Phoenix Open over Super Bowl weekend.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The agreement was formalized as LIV Golf prepares for its 2025 campaign, which tees off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 6.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s where players will tee off, hitting the ball into a 64-foot-tall, 53-foot-wide screen—24 times bigger than a standard simulator—on holes that were created just for the league.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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