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nouna warning message-
he sent a heads-up to the District Attorney
• Hypernyms: ↑warningadjectivefully alert and watchful-played heads-up ball
• Syn: ↑wide-awake* * *
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjectiveEtymology: heads upfast, aggressive, heads-up football
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/hedz"up'/, adj.n.2. Chiefly Politics. a warning: sending a heads-up to the Pentagon about possible attacks.[1945-50]* * *
headsˈ-upˈ (N American) nounA warning that something is going to happenadjectiveDisplaying alertness• • •Main Entry: ↑head* * *
a warningThey gave us a heads-up that the deal might be off.
Thesaurus: warning and warningssynonym* * *
heads-up «HEHDZ UHP», adjective, noun.–adjective.Informal. alert; resourceful.–noun.Informal. a message that alerts: »Give them a heads-up before the water tops the levee.
╂[< heads up!, an exclamation used by ballplayers to call attention to a falling ball]* * *
1.informal n. an advance warning of something2.the heads-up came just in time to stop the tanks from launching the final assault
adj. [attrib.] showing alertness or perceptivenessthey played a very heads-up game
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I/ˈhɛdzˈʌp/ noun [singular]US informal : a message that tells or warns someone about something that is going to happen———————— IIShe gave him a heads-up that the company's president will be visiting the office.
adj, always used before a nounUS informal : showing that you are very aware of what is happening around you : ↑alerta heads-up play by the first baseman
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a piece of information given in advance of sth or as advice•
Send everyone a heads-up about the changes well in advance.
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Can anyone give me a heads-up about how to change the format?
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This is a heads-up about the seminar this week.
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His statement said that he was not given a heads-up about the FBI raid.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
