" heads-ups "

 [ "heads up" ]

1: Advance notice of something that will need attention.

  * e.g.,  ... Just a heads up that the customer is likely to escalate this problem... 

 [ "heads-up" ]

1:  advance notice

  * e.g.,  ... Just wanted to give you a heads up so you'll be expecting his call. 

 [ "heads-up" ]

2:  a warning

 [ "a heads up" ]

1: To give someone a warning of iminent danger, trouble or strife.

  * e.g.,  ... Dude - Jonny's banging Daves wife! I best call him and give him a heads up! 

 [ "head up" ]

1: To fight someone 1 on 1 with no one else getting involved

  * e.g.,  ... Yo you got beef? Lets head up 

 [ "heads up" ]

1: Exclamatory warning indicating that one practice increased alertness to avoid harm from a pressing threat.

  * e.g.,  ... Dorm Resident #1: Is that an M-80 in the toilet? 

 [ "heads-up" ]

1: a warning, especially of danger or the need to be alert

  * e.g.,  ... Heads-up. There's a situation out there. 

 [ "Heads up " ]

1: Only two players in a poker hand, typically Texas Hold 'em

  * e.g.,  ... That heads up round was intense 

 [ "heads-up" ]

1: A term in many competitive games for 1 on 1 competition. One of its more common uses is in card games where the value of hands can change due to the number of people playing. Heads-up offers favoriable odds for high cards like aces and kings, even with sub-par kickers.

  * e.g.,  ... I went heads-up with Tyler and beat him with a boat on the river. 

 [ "Heads up" ]

1: A phrase which, upon hearing, means you should get your head down.

  * e.g.,  ... *man throwing baseball and missing the area, sending it on a direct course for a small child* 

 [ "Head up" ]

1: Something said to someone meaning that they should not be ashamed of anything or that they shouldn't be sad. It means that they should not stare at the ground in despair but rather pick their head up and stand tall.

  * e.g.,  ... Jim: John, why are you so sad?