set up

transitive verb Date: 13th century 1. a. to raise to and place in a high position b. to place in view ; post c. to put forward (as a plan) for acceptance 2. a. to place upright ; erect <

set up a statue

> b. to assemble the parts of and erect in position <

set up a printing press

> c. to put (a machine) in readiness or adjustment for an operation 3. a. cause, create <

set up a clamor

> b. bring about 4. to place in power or in office <

set up the general as dictator

> 5. a. to raise from depression ; elate, gratify b. to make proud or vain 6. a. to put forward or extol as a model b. to claim oneself to be <

sets himself up as an authority

> 7. found, inaugurate <

set up a home for orphans

> 8. a. to provide with means of making a living <

set him up in business

> b. to bring or restore to normal health c. to cause (one) to take on a soldierly or athletic appearance especially through drill 9. to erect (a perpendicular or a figure) on a base in a drawing 10. a. to make taut (a stay or hawser) b. to tighten firmly 11. to make carefully worked out plans for <

set up a bank robbery

> 12. a. to pay for (drinks) b. to treat (someone) to something 13. a. to put in a compromising or dangerous position usually by trickery or deceit b. frame 3 14. to execute one or more plays in preparation for scoring intransitive verb 1. to come into active operation or use 2. to begin business 3. to make pretensions <

has never set up to be a wise man — Thomas Rogers

> 4. to become firm or consolidated