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heads up, int. and a.
Brit. |ˌhɛdz ˈʌp|, U.S. |ˌhɛdz ˈəp|
[‹ the plural of head n.1 + up adv.1]
A. int.
1. ‘Straighten up!’ ‘Hold your head high!’ Now chiefly in extended use as an exhortation to remain positive in difficult circumstances: ‘Take heart!’ Cf. chin up at chin n.1 d.
1801M. Edgeworth Knapsack in Moral Tales II. 150 They marched, and I amongst them, to face the enemy—heads up—step firm—thus it was—quick time—march! 1854E. J. Morris tr. T. Mügge Afraja 534 Heads up, Niels! You have been a proud man all your life—be so now! 1877A. Sewell Black Beauty i. xi. 56 You are a military man, Langley, and no doubt like to see your regiment look well on parade, ‘Heads up’, and all that. 1914Collier's 1 Aug. 7/1 Heads up, you guys!.. We ain't licked yet. 1926W. Rogers Let. 29 Apr. in Lett. Self-made Diplomat to his President I. 28 Sit down, hats off, heads up. 1997Mirror (Nexis) 29 Sept. 33 Come on, heads up. We almost beat them. Next time we will. Be proud today.
2. orig. U.S. ‘Pay attention!’ ‘Watch out!’
1916Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 8 Aug. 11/2 It is customary for the foreman of the crew to cry ‘Heads up’ as a warning, then the conductor signals the engineer to pull ahead about a car length. 1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 12 Up goes the cry: ‘Heads up, the squad!’ 1986T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxvi. 420 ‘Heads up, friendly air coming in!’ Mackall cringed, hoping the pilot could tell the sheep from the goats. 1998M. Burgess & R. Green Down Neck in Sopranos (television shooting script) 1st Ser. 32 Hey, heads up! (A baseball whizzes by Tony's ear as he ducks.)
B. adj.
1. orig. U.S. Skilful, alert, in the know.
1913New Smyrna (Florida) News 21 Nov. 8/5 He was always right on the job, and looking ‘heads up’. 1924N.Y. Times 24 June 25/5 The entire Tiger team played heads-up ball and closed the year with nineteen victories and four defeats. 1964R. Gover Here goes Kitten 164 We were off like flashes for the scene as soon as Benny (Benjamin Toutman, a very heads-up reporter) told us the news. 1998Take One Winter 9/1 It's not without risks and I think people have to be very heads-up about the risks.
2. = head-up n. at head n.1 Compounds 2. Chiefly in heads-up display.
1967N.Y. Times 13 Aug. iii. 33 (advt.) Heads-up display. 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Sept. 4/1 There are experiments with what pilots call a ‘heads-up display’ that projects vital information on to the windshield. 1989Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 21 Oct. d5/4 [The Grand Prix Turbo coupe] features a heads-up system for 1990, with the speedometer display in the windshield. 2002Yahoo! Internet Life June 61/2 Heads-up instrumentation with night vision.
3. Of the nature of an advance warning.
1979Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Aug. a1 In a message characterized as a ‘heads up alert’, intelligence officials warned..that Arab diplomats had suggested that Ambassador Andrew Young meet with a Palestine Liberation Organization official. 1993Harper's Mag. Dec. 53/2 Babbit managed to have the Senate initiative killed in the joint conference committee, thanks in part to his ‘heads-up’ calls to various congressmen. 1995L. Garrett Coming Plague xv. 532 They decided the responsible thing to do was to send a heads-up notice on the dentist's queries by computer to the agency's viral disease group.
C. n. orig. U.S. An advance warning. Also occas. without indefinite article.
1981Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 9 June When that data is provided, although it is not formally a commitment to sell, it is regarded as being a heads-up on a sale. 1988Los Angeles Times 23 July ii. 18/6 It's giving him a heads up. 1993S. Turow Pleading Guilty (1994) iii. xi. 165, I want to give you heads-up on something. 2000Professionally Speaking June 51/3 This book is both a summary and a heads-up for pre-service candidates about what's new..in English classrooms. |