heads-up
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English
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Noun
[edit]heads-up (plural heads-up or heads-ups)
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
- Send everyone a heads-up about the inspection tomorrow.
- (poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
- There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.
- There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.
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[edit]warning or call to pay attention; (advisory) notice of what is to happen
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]heads-up (comparative more heads-up, superlative most heads-up)
- With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
- A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.
- Alert; vigilant
- Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.
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[edit]with head directly above the neck, eyes front
alert; vigilant
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