Verb
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make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
"Get the children ready for school!"
"prepare for war"
"I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
- gear up -
equip with sails or masts
"rig a ship"
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arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"
"set up one's life"
"I put these memories with those of bygone times"
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erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"
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arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
"rig an election"
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place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
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set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"
"We put in a new sink"
- put in -
produce
"The scientists set up a shock wave"
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take or catch as if in a snare or trap
"I was set up!"
"The innocent man was framed by the police"
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begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
"set up an election"
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put into a proper or systematic order
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
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get ready for a particular purpose or event
"set up an experiment"
"set the table"
"lay out the tools for the surgery"
- lay out -
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
- put up -
create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"
"He tacked together some verses"
"They set up a committee"
- put together - tack together -
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"