heads-up

1. (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.

   Aufgepasst!, Achtung!, Vorwarnung

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2. 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.

   There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.

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