head up

1. Be in charge of, lead, as in She headed up the commission on conservation. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

Instead, most of them simply bob their heads up and down in unified appreciation of the music.

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"We were so shocked. And then we were told later, it had to be that way, and they couldn't really give anyone a heads up."

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He jerked his head up toward the window from which he had first made his presence known.

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So he headed up the stairs, in the direction he had last seen the dog going.

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Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly voted Thursday that CEO Elon Musk deserves to be paid a trillion dollars to head up the EV maker.

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