bg установен (in a position to function) · et valmis (in a position to function) · pt pronto (in a position to function) · fi valmis (in a position to function) · es listo (in a position to function) · fa برپایدن (in a position to function) · es preparado (in a position to function) · pt preparado (in a position to function)
England's famous victory sets up a meeting with Sweden in Samara on Saturday 2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport:
(transitive) To trap or ensnare.
I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.
(transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
The election was set up!
(intransitive) To prepare or get ready.
Used with an implied object obvious from context.
Give me a minute — I'm still setting up.
The band is setting up.
(intransitive) To gel or harden.
Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.
(intransitive) To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
The level set up at the south end of the lake after a day of north winds.
(transitive) To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
A good breakfast really sets you up for the day.
If you ever need anything, come back here, and I'll set you up! 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
Winning the lottery has set them up for life.
(transitive) To establish someone in a business or position.
After he left college, his father set him up in the family business.
She set herself up as an interior designer.
(informal, transitive) To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.
They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police.
(transitive) To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
M. Robespierre looked at me sideways and smiled and said to Madame, ‘You're a young lady after my own heart.’ This set her up for the day. 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, pages 286–7:
(transitive) To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
(transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
Just past the hour Agbonlahor set up the second, crossing for Bent to net. 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:
On 71.05, Portu brilliantly set up Yangel Herrera, only for Marc-André ter Stegen to make a sensational save. 2024 May 6, Sid Lowe, “Portu’s brilliant burst seals Girona’s top-four fairytale in the perfect way”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
(dated, intransitive) To begin business or a scheme of life.
to set up in trade; to set up for oneself
To profess openly; to make pretensions.
1744 (first printed) Jonathan Swift, On the Testimony of Conscience
those men who set up for morality without regard to religion, are generally virtuous but in part
(transitive) To found; to start (a business, scheme)
With the help of his wife Bilquis, he set up a maternal health clinic and a centre for abandoned children. 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:
To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
When you make an opening you merely cause an opponent to uncover a target somewhere on his person. But when you set up an opponent, you knock him off balance with one punch so that he should be an open target for a following punch. Unless he's knocked off balance, he's not set up. 1950, Jack Dempsey, chapter 23, in Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense:
Writer Danny Wamboldt of Ring magazine said, "Only Willie knew how to set up his opponents masterfully and then move in." Wamboldt, a former New England bantamweight champion and current national president of the Veteran Boxers Association, said that one of Pep's opponents said of his dazzling speed: "It was the first time he had been surrounded by one man." 1997 September 24, Joe Duffy, “TRIBUTES TO THE MAN AND THE BOXER”, in Hartford Courant:
To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
Edmund had enjoyed a good gallop over the downs, setting up the sandpipers[.] 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 27:
(obsolete) Synonym of compose (To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset)
ckb دامەزراندن (to ready something for use) · pl zorganizować (to arrange for an outcome) · fi manipuloida (to arrange for an outcome) · nl regelen (to arrange for an outcome) · fr installer (to ready something for use) · cs vyvolat (to cause to happen) · ru подставля́ть (to trap or ensnare) · az quraşdırmaq (to ready something for use) · bg втвърдявам се (to gel or harden) · fi kovettua (to gel or harden) · hu elrendez (to order logically) · pt preparar (to ready something for use) · bg нагласявам (to arrange for an outcome) · nl stollen (to gel or harden) · fr entourlouper (to trap or ensnare) · nl verstrikken (to trap or ensnare) · it intrappolare (to trap or ensnare) · nl harden (to gel or harden) · nl regelen (to order logically) · bg установявам (to ready something for use) · bg наглася (to arrange for an outcome) · et paigaldama (to ready something for use) · la sistō (to ready something for use) · fr coincer (to trap or ensnare) · it installare (to ready something for use) · hu tőrbe csal (to trap or ensnare) · bg поставя (to trap or ensnare) · ru расста́вить (to order logically) · egy g:r-grg (to ready something for use) · et kallutama (to arrange for an outcome) · pl zaaranżować (to arrange for an outcome) · pl urządzać (to arrange for an outcome) · ru засты́нуть (to gel or harden) · it approntare (to ready something for use) · ru затверде́ть (to gel or harden) · ru подстра́ивать (to arrange for an outcome) · eo akomodi (to ready something for use) · bg причинявам (to cause to happen) · nl opzetten (to ready something for use) · ca muntar (to ready something for use) · pl przygotowywać (to ready something for use) · ga cuir ar bun (to ready something for use) · bg разполагам (to order logically) · et põhjustama (to cause to happen) · nl verstokken (to gel or harden) · ru вызыва́ть (to cause to happen) · mi whakakaupapa (to ready something for use) · hu beállít (to ready something for use) · ru засты́ть (to gel or harden) · fi aiheuttaa (to cause to happen) · hu összerak (to ready something for use) · it determinare (to cause to happen) · de einrichten (to ready something for use) · fi asentaa (to ready something for use) · it assestarsi (to gel or harden) · it mettere a punto (to ready something for use) · fi väärentää (to arrange for an outcome) · fi järjestää (to order logically) · nl verharden (to gel or harden) · hu rendbe rak (to order logically) · ru подстро́ить (to arrange for an outcome) · ru установи́ть (to ready something for use) · cs zatuhnout (to gel or harden) · hu csapdát állít (to trap or ensnare) · de installieren (to ready something for use) · nap apparà (to ready something for use) · cs způsobit (to cause to happen) · fi valmistella (to ready something for use) · it catturare (to trap or ensnare) · ru вы́звать (to cause to happen) · it riordinare (to order logically) · fi lavastaa (to trap or ensnare) · et püüdma (to trap or ensnare) · de für den Einsatz vorbereiten (to ready something for use) · et korrastama (to order logically) · it solidificarsi (to gel or harden) · ru расставля́ть (to order logically) · nl bereiden (to ready something for use) · hu felállít (to ready something for use) · cmn 誣陷 /诬陷 (to trap or ensnare) · fi pyydystää (to trap or ensnare) · ru подста́вить (to trap or ensnare) · it manipolare (to arrange for an outcome) · pl organizować (to arrange for an outcome) · nl schikken (to order logically) · ru расположи́ть (to order logically) · it preparare (to ready something for use) · ota دوزمك (to ready something for use) · de aufbauen (to ready something for use) · nl klaarzetten (to ready something for use) · it creare (to ready something for use) · hu csőbe húz (to trap or ensnare) · fi jähmettyä (to gel or harden) · pl urządzić (to arrange for an outcome) · ru устана́вливать (to ready something for use) · fr mettre en place (to ready something for use) · ru располага́ть (to order logically) · ru застыва́ть (to gel or harden) · nl veroorzaken (to cause to happen) · bg поставям (to trap or ensnare) · nl voorbereiden (to ready something for use) · cs zmanipulovat (to arrange for an outcome) · ru затвердева́ть (to gel or harden) · ckb ڕێک خستن (to order logically) · pl aranżować (to arrange for an outcome) · cmn 下套 (to trap or ensnare) · it causare (to cause to happen) · ca preparar (to ready something for use) · fi ottaa käyttöön (to ready something for use) · pl przygotować (to ready something for use) · et tahkuma (to gel or harden) · nl leiden (to cause to happen) · cs připravit (to ready something for use)