- heads-up
- {adj.}, {informal} Wide-awake; alert; watchful; intelligent. * /You must play hard, heads-up baseball to win this game./ Compare: ON ONE'S TOES, ON THE BALL.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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heads-up — adj. maintaining presence of mind; alert and attentive; able to recognize and take quick advantage of opportunities; resourceful; as, he played good heads up baseball. Syn: wide awake. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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heads-up — [hedz′up′] Informal adj. [< interjectional phr. HEADS UP!: see HEAD] alert and resourceful [playing heads up baseball] n. the act or an instance of providing a notice or warning to alert someone, as in advance of difficulty or trouble … English World dictionary
heads-up — n. [From its use as an interjection to warn of impending danger.] a warning to be prepared for an imminent event. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heads-up — clever, alert, 1952, from warning cry heads up! (i.e. look up! ), attested by 1939 … Etymology dictionary
heads — heads; heads·man; … English syllables
heads — index authorities, hierarchy (persons in authority) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
heads-up — I noun a warning message he sent a heads up to the District Attorney • Hypernyms: ↑warning II adjective fully alert and watchful played heads up ball • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
