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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With the inaugural event proving the concept, four sport-specific tourneys are now on deck, with The Pro FTB teeing off at PGA Frisco, outside of Dallas, from March 21-23.
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Mike Dojc, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.
—Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Mike Dojc, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.
—Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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