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SET UP

(verb)
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There are 15 meanings of the phrase Set Up.

Set Up - as a verb

Set up or found

Example: "She set up a literacy program"

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Create by putting components or members together

Example: "She pieced a quilt"

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Construct, build, or erect

Example: "Raise a barn"

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Get ready for a particular purpose or event

Example: "Set up an experiment"

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Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

Example: "Set up an election"

Take or catch as if in a snare or trap

Example: "I was set up!"

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Set up for use

Example: "Install the washer and dryer"

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Place

Example: "Her manager had set her up at the ritz"

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Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

Example: "Rig an election"

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Erect and fasten

Example: "Pitch a tent"

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Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

Example: "Arrange my schedule"

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Equip with sails or masts

Example: "Rig a ship"

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Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

Example: "Get the children ready for school!"

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Example Sentences

"The set up for the concert took hours to complete."
"The set up of the stage was impressive."
"We need to finalize the set up for the event."
"The company's office has a modern set up."
"She hired a professional to handle the set up of the sound system."
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