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set up

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set up
     v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: {establish},
           {found}, {launch}] [ant: {abolish}]
     2: make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He
        tacked together some verses" [syn: {assemble}, {piece}, {put
        together}, {tack}, {tack together}] [ant: {disassemble}]
     3: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise}, {erect},
         {rear}, {put up}] [ant: {level}]
     4: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an
        experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the
        surgery" [syn: {lay out}, {set}]
     5: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on
        the shelves in chronological order" [syn: {arrange}] [ant:
         {disarrange}]
     6: begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by
        providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"
     7: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!";
        "The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare},
         {entrap}, {frame}]
     8: produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave" [syn: {effect},
         {effectuate}, {bring about}]
     9: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a
        new sink" [syn: {install}, {instal}, {put in}]
     10: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: {install},
          {instal}, {establish}]
     11: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
         [syn: {rig}]
     12: erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" [syn: {pitch}]
     13: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
         schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories
         with those of bygone times" [syn: {arrange}, {put}, {order}]
     14: equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: {rig}, {set}]
     15: 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" [syn: {fix}, {prepare},
          {ready}, {gear up}, {set}]

set up
     adj : well established and ready to function; "things I can do now
           that I'm set up"
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