heads-up
With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
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Upcoming DX + contest heads-up: 3B8/3B9 UR9IDX (Mauritius/Rodrigues) plans HF CW/SSB activity, ZC4RH (Cyprus SBA) is due 25–30 May on 40–6m CW/SSB/FT8, and RSGB 70MHz CW contest is this Sunday (10 May). gars.org.gg #D…
I made my account about a year ago and hardly used it. I've been more active lately having made new friends in a fandom I'm passionate about. For anyone new to my presence, I'm a Queer leftist who shares serious stuff…
Oh wow, thanks for the heads-up!
It remains to be seen if Whit Stillman’s film* can do justice to the comic universe of Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude. In the meantime I’m picturing this scene. *Thanks @jacquiwine.bsky.social for the head…
Hihi! Small heads-up to note I won't be performing streams this week (at the very least, not today), while I tackle offline work.
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With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.
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(poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded).
There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.
“Hihi! Small heads-up to note I won't be performing streams this week (at the very least, not today), while I tackle offline work.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It can if it's the one launching it. But then in that case, it's not going to give its targets a heads-up. thedispatch.com/article/ai-f...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thanks for the heads-up. I have no clue that some Wii games could be linked to the DS.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Heads-up for the nerds: there's a new issue out of Australasian Parliamentary Review! www.aspg.org.au/wp-content/u...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thanks for the heads-up. I have no clue that some DS games could link with the Wii.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
Send everyone a heads-up about the inspection tomorrow.
“Upcoming DX + contest heads-up: 3B8/3B9 UR9IDX (Mauritius/Rodrigues) plans HF CW/SSB activity, ZC4RH (Cyprus SBA) is due 25–30 May on 40–6m CW/SSB/FT8, and RSGB 70MHz CW contest is this Sunday (10 May). gars.org.gg #DXpedition #RSGB #HF”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I made my account about a year ago and hardly used it. I've been more active lately having made new friends in a fandom I'm passionate about. For anyone new to my presence, I'm a Queer leftist who shares serious stuff like this sometimes. Just giving you the heads-up.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh wow, thanks for the heads-up!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It remains to be seen if Whit Stillman’s film* can do justice to the comic universe of Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude. In the meantime I’m picturing this scene. *Thanks @jacquiwine.bsky.social for the heads-up”
— Bluesky· May 2026“offer. And current heads-up, the app”
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