set up

set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

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 shock wave"

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; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

equip with sails or masts; "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"