set up

To ready something for use.

“We set up the sprinkler.”

To arrange logically.

“Set up my CD collection.”

To cause to happen.

“Even a minor change can set up new bugs.”

To trap or ensnare.

“I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.”

To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.

“The election was set up!”

To gel or harden.

“Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.”

Level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.

“The level set up at the south end of the lake after a day of north winds.”

To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.

“A good breakfast really sets you up for the day.”

To establish someone in a business or position.

“After he left college, his father set him up in the family business.”

To trick someone in order to make them do something.

“They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police.”

To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).

To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.

To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).

To begin business or a scheme of life.

“to set up in trade; to set up for oneself”

To profess openly; to make pretensions.

To found; to start (a business, scheme)

In a position to function; ready.

“Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!”