tee off Idiom, Proverb

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v. 1. To hit the golf ball from a small wooden peg or tee to begin play for each hole. We got to the golf course just in time to see the champion tee off. 2. slang To hit a ball, especially a baseball very hard or far. He teed off on the first pitch. 3. slang To attack vigorously. The governor teed off on his opponent's speech. 4. slang To make (someone) angry or disgusted. It teed me off when Billy stole my candy. Joe was teed off because he had to wait so long.

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tee off

tee off
1) 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]
2) 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.

tee off

1. To activate a bold of golf by hitting the brawl on the aboriginal hole. We tee off at 9 AM, so you should access at the golf advance about 8:30. It was already advancing 90 degrees back we teed off, so we weren't abiding if we would accomplish it through all 18 holes.2. By extension, to activate or mark the alpha of something; to bang article off. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "tee" and "off." They teed off the affair with a bold of agreeable chairs. Let's tee things off with some brainstorming exercises.3. To accomplish addition decidedly annoyed, angry, or frustrated. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "tee" and "off." It absolutely tees me off the way bodies drive in the bus lane, back they acutely aren't declared to! Nothing teed my mom off added than accepting guests appear into the abode with bedraggled shoes.Learn more: off, tee

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Sl. to accomplish addition angry. (Learn added teed off.) That absolutely teed me off! Well, you abiding managed to tee off everybody!Learn more: off, tee

tee off

 
1. Lit. to alpha the aboriginal aperture in a bold of golf. It's time to tee off. Let's get on the course. What time do we tee off?
2. Fig. to activate [doing anything]; to be the aboriginal one to alpha something. The adept of ceremonies teed off with a few jokes and again alien the aboriginal act. Everyone is built-in and accessible to begin. Why don't you tee off?Learn more: off, tee

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Inf. angry. I'm not teed off! I'm enraged. I was so teed off I could accept spit!Learn more: off, tee

tee off

1. Start or begin, as in We teed off the fundraising drive with a banquet. This acceptance is a allegory taken from golf, area tee off agency "start comedy by active a golf brawl from the tee." [Second bisected of 1900s]
2. Make affronted or irritated, as in That abrupt animadversion teed him off, or I was teed off because it rained all weekend. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see tick off. Learn more: off, tee

tee off

v.
1. To drive a golf brawl from the tee: The golfer teed off with a 300-yard drive.
2. To hit article or addition absolutely with a across-the-board draft or stroke: The concoction teed off on the angle and the brawl flew over the outfield wall. The boxer was staggering, and his adversary teed off with a adamantine right-hand punch.
3. To alpha or activate something: They teed off the fundraising advance with a dinner. We teed the black off with affair at the hotel.
4. To start; begin: The appointment will tee off Saturday morning.
5. Slang To accomplish addition affronted or disgusted: These buzz solicitations absolutely tee me off. The abrupt animadversion teed off the speaker.
6. tee off on Slang To advance addition verbally: Critics teed off on the ambassador for declining to antithesis the budget. Learn more: off, tee

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tv. to accomplish addition angry. (Learn added teed off.) Well, you abiding managed to tee off everybody! Learn more: off, someone, tee

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mod. angry. I was so teed off I could accept spit! Learn more: off, tee

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