heads up
(used to call attention to an impending danger or the need for immediate alertness.)
Origin of heads up
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Other definitions for heads-up (2 of 2)
quick to grasp a situation and take advantage of opportunities; alert; resourceful.
a warning in advance: sending a heads-up to the Pentagon about possible attacks.
Origin of heads-up
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How to use heads up in a sentence
Cinema Services gave him the heads-up that Sony was going forward with the December 25 release.
The Inside Story of How Sony’s ‘The Interview’ Finally Made It to Theaters | Marlow Stern | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLehmberg also heads up the Public Integrity Unit that investigates government corruption.
My soldiers held their heads up high and handed the city over to the next unit.
Many have visible injuries or are so sick with flu they cannot hold their heads up.
A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe writer, Phil Bronstein, who heads up the Center for Investigative Reporting, stands by the story.
Yes, Bin Laden's Killer Will Get Healthcare Benefits | David Frum | February 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Theyll hang our heads up, and theyll burn the Silver Fleece and bootcher all hands, drifted in the far, slow cry of Mr. Scurlock.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandFor I'm werry highly connected, as a gent, sir, can understand; And my family hold their heads up with the very furst in the land.
East and West: Poems | Bret HarteIf these people around here could get their heads up long enough from grubbing in the muck they wouldn't stay here over night.
The Major | Ralph ConnorThe shipping clerk, as he heads up his barrels and boxes, can be sending out and up his current of prayer.
Quiet Talks with World Winners | S. D. GordonA few of the flock watched him, but most of them stood with their heads up the slope facing the wildly bounding stones.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. Mills
British Dictionary definitions for heads up
mainly US and Canadian a tip-off or small amount of information given in advance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with heads up
A warning to watch out for potential danger, as in Heads up, that tree is coming down now! The expression is generally in the form of an interjection. [c. 1940]
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