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two-up

American

[too-uhp] / ˈtuˈʌp /

noun

a game in which two players bet that two tossed coins will land either with matching or nonmatching sides facing up.

two-up British

noun

a gambling game in which two coins are tossed or spun. Bets are made on both coins landing with the same face uppermost

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Etymology

Origin of two-up

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

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McDowell took a two-up lead on No. 16, making a sliding, curling 15-foot downhill putt for birdie that left him two up with two holes to play.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

And riding two-up was such a pleasure that it makes me want to abandon traditional diamond-framed e-bikes forever.

From The Verge • Aug. 22, 2022

John Rolfe had no expectations of finding anything valuable when he arrived at a ramshackle two-up, two-down cottage tucked away in a remote West Country valley.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2020

A docker's son from Everton, one of eight children, he was raised in a small two-up, two-down terraced house.

From BBC • May 25, 2016

"I should 'ave said 'Buy Jack Ryan's 'orse an' cart, an' never go near a two-up school again'," said Pinkey, thinking of the impossible.

From Jonah by Stone, Louis

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