Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tee (something) up v.

[golfing jargon]

to get (something) ready, to prepare (something).

[US]D. Jenkins Life Its Ownself 78: In college, you had to tee it up every Saturday, and you’d better not lose.
[UK]M. Amis London Fields 40: Keith came over this morning. I suppose he has to be teeing me up for a burglary.
[Aus]T. Winton ‘Long, Clear View’ in Turning (2005) 198: It’s been teed up, he says. This bloke’ll chop wood for you.
[Aus]D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 86: ‘She’ll call. I’ve already teed it up’.