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View synonyms for heads up
heads up
1interjection
- (used to call attention to an impending danger or the need for immediate alertness.)
heads-up
2[ hedz-uhp ]
adjective
- quick to grasp a situation and take advantage of opportunities; alert; resourceful.
noun
- a warning in advance:
sending a heads-up to the Pentagon about possible attacks.
heads up
noun
- a tip-off or small amount of information given in advance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heads up1
First recorded in 1940–45
Origin of heads up2
First recorded in 1945–50
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Idioms and Phrases
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]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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