set something up

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

▪ I. set sth up phrasal verb before or after object [ setting sth up sets sth up ]
1. <E > to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc
• A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college.
• She plans to set up her own business.
• They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Starting, succeeding and failing in business
2. <I > to arrange for an event or activity to happen
• We need to set up a meeting to discuss the proposals.
• The government has agreed to set up a public enquiry.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Planning, expecting and arranging ↑Plotting and trapping
 
• They have set up a helpline for bullied children.
• I set up my business in 1995.
• We have set up a new system for recording invoices.
• The church committee was set up many years ago.
• I'm trying to set up a judo club.
• We set up a meeting between the brothers.
• They set up a series of workshops.
• I managed to set up an appointment for her to see a psychologist.
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▪ II. set (sth) up phrasal verb before or after object [ setting sth up sets sth up ]
to prepare something for use, especially by putting the different parts of it together
• We only had a couple of hours to set up before the exhibition opened.
• I need one or two people to help me set up the equipment.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Preparing
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▪ III. set sth/sb up phrasal verb before or after object [ setting sth/sb up sets sth/sb up ]
to provide someone or something with all the necessary things for a particular activity or period of time
• I think we're set up with everything we need for the journey.
• We went on a shopping trip and got him all set up for the new term.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Giving, providing and supplying
Main entry: set_{phrasal verb}