setup

Definition

  • noun: the process of making something (such as a machine or computer program) ready to be used
  • noun: carriage of the body
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: configuration, apparatus

Examples

  • We had a great 'setup'. On my days off, my wife would work from home while I took care of the kids.

  • The tent is designed for quick and easy 'setup'. [=is designed to be set up quickly and easily]

  • Those aren't my drugs. This is a 'setup'! Someone is trying to frame me!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Air quotes. The phrase, "Don't go there." Someone's gotta take a stand. This Arby's is good. So, George, I still don't understand. How is that a setup? Who were you trying to setup anyway? The mechanic or the manager? I don't know. All of them, they're all crooks. I couldn't get all different (..)
    1998 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Dealership Season: 9 Episode 11
  • (..) that make for you today? -Like, eight Twix? -No. -Hey, this Clark bar is good. -It's a Twix. They're all Twix. It was a setup. A setup, I tell you. And you've robbed it. You've all screwed me again. Now, give me one. Give me a Twix. They're all gone. (..)
    1998 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Dealership Season: 9 Episode 11