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two-up

American  
[too-uhp] / ˈtuˈʌp /

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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

He shared a bed with him until he was 15 in the family's two-up, two-down in Ordsall, known as the "slums of Salford".

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2021

Instead they are objects of war and anxiety, two-up, two-down, too much.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2019

The two-up school was worse than the Push, and they were ruined.

From Jonah by Stone, Louis

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