tee off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de commencer une partie de golf en frappant la balle depuis le tee, ou, dans un contexte informel, pour commencer quelque chose, ou pour exprimer la colère ou la critique.

A phrasal verb used to indicate starting a game of golf by hitting the ball from the tee, or more informally, to start or begin something, or to express anger or criticism.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Start a hole in golfformalsport

   To hit the ball from the tee at the beginning of a golf hole.

   Engager un trou au golf

   • He teed off at the first hole with a powerful drive.
   • The tournament will tee off at 9 AM sharp.
   • She teed off perfectly, landing the ball on the fairway.

   Synonymesdrive

2. Start or begin somethinginformalamerican

   To begin or initiate an activity, event, or process.

   démarrer, lancer

   • The conference will tee off with a keynote speech.
   • Let's tee off the meeting with a quick update.
   • They teed off the project with a team-building exercise.

   Synonymesbegincommenceinitiatekick offlaunchopenstart

   Antonymesceaseconcludeendfinishstopterminate

3. Make angry or annoyedinformalamerican

   To irritate, annoy, or upset someone.

   Énerver, contrarier

   • His rude comments really teed me off.
   • Don't let small things tee you off.
   • The constant delays teed off the entire team.

   Synonymesangerannoybotherexasperategallirkirritatemiffnettlepeeveprovokerilevex

   Antonymescalmdelightpleasesatisfysoothe

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