to the tee: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    United StatesUnited KingdomCanadaAustraliainformalidiomatic
    • Exactly; with complete accuracy or conformity (variant spelling of 'to a T' or 'to the T').

    Examples

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    • The architect’s blueprint matched the client’s vision to the tee, impressing everyone involved.

      A planta do arquiteto correspondeu exatamente à visão do cliente, impressionando todos os envolvidos.

    • You followed the instructions to the tee, so the model should assemble without any issues.

      Você seguiu as instruções à risca, então o modelo deve ser montado sem problemas.

    • Her outfit was chosen to the tee for the themed party, impressing the hosts with her accuracy.

      A roupa dela foi escolhida perfeitamente para a festa temática, impressionando os anfitriões com sua precisão.

  • 2.

    international (golf contexts)neutralsport-specific
    • At or directed toward the golf tee or tee-off area; relating to the spot from which play begins on a hole.

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    • He teed off from the tee with perfect form, sending the ball soaring down the fairway.

      Ele deu a tacada do tee com forma perfeita, enviando a bola voando pelo fairway.

    • The golf instructor demonstrated the correct stance right at the tee before the lesson began.

      O instrutor de golfe demonstrou a postura correta bem no tee antes da aula começar.

    • Players gathered around the tee as the tournament's first hole was announced.

      Os jogadores se reuniram ao redor do tee enquanto o primeiro buraco do torneio era anunciado.

    • The ball landed just past the tee, setting up a challenging second shot.

      A bola pousou logo após o tee, preparando um segundo golpe desafiador.

Examples:

  • EN: I'll head to the tee now. Do you want to come along?
    ES: Voy a jugar al golf, ¿y tú?
  • EN: I'm armed to the tee.
    ES: Estoy armada hasta los dientes.
  • EN: There it sits right next to the tee-off area... and all those naked little balls... are put into that torture chamber... and they are slammed up and down... the brush bristles clawing... into those little bodies...
    ES: Colocada allí junto al área fuera del tee y a todas esas bolitas desnudas las meten dentro de esa cámara de tortura y las golpean de arriba abajo las cerdas del cepillo arañando esos cuerpecitos...
  • EN: - Will Harold McDougal, George White, Roy Kent, and Bea Osgood please report to the tee off area at this time.
    ES: ¿Podrían Harold McDougal, George White, Roy Kent, y Bea Osgood reportarse al área de salida en este momento?
  • EN: Down to the tee, Kid.
    ES: Todo bién atado, Kid.
  • EN: So, you know, I step up to the tee and I hit a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway.
    ES: Así que, subí al montículo y le di un precioso drive por el centro de la calle.
  • EN: That's how it's got to be, to the tee.
    ES: Así tiene que ser. Exactamente igual.
  • EN: Go on over to the tee and start counting.
    ES: Párate al lado del soporte y comienza a contar.
  • EN: Three years ago on my wife's birthday, I had it planned to the tee:
    ES: Tenía todo listo para un cumpleaños de mi mujer:
  • EN: Take your driver to the tee box.
    ES: - Lleva a tu conductor al tee.
  • EN: I've followed your order to the tee.
    ES: lo he seguido Para su te.
  • EN: Sean Bromley steps up to the tee, he's an amateur in this Pro Am Tournament, and as you might see, a par here could tie him for the day.
    ES: Sean Bromley se acerca al tee... es amateur en este torneo Pro Am... un novato, podría decirse. Un par aquí le daría hoy el empate.
  • EN: Mastersfield steps up to the tee, eight strokes behind the leader.
    ES: Mastersfield avanza en la tabla, a ocho golpes del líder.
  • EN: This concept fits you to the tee!
    ES: ¡Ese concepto te ajusta a la perfección!
  • EN: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, it's the 18th hole, and young Brian Green steps up to the tee.
    ES: Bien, damas y caballeros es el hoyo 18, y el joven Brian Green se acerca al tee.

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