set up

set up or found

• “She set up a literacy program”

make by putting pieces together

• “She pieced a quilt”
• “He tacked together some verses”

construct, build, or erect

• “Raise a barn”

get ready for a particular purpose or event

• “set up an experiment”
• “set the table”
• “lay out the tools for the surgery”

put into a proper or systematic order

• “arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order”

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

• “set up an election”

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• “I was set up!”
• “The innocent man was framed by the police”

produce

• “The scientists set up a shockwave”

set up for use

• “install the washer and dryer”
• “We put in a new sink”

place

• “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

• “rig an election”

erect and fasten

• “pitch a tent”

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.

• “arrange my schedule”
• “set up one”
• “;”

equip with sails, masts, etc.

• “rig a ship”

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”

well established and ready to function

• “things I can do now that I”