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HEAD UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
Example:
This student heads the class
Synonyms:
head; head up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "head up" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Verb group:
head; lead (travel in front of; go in advance of others)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody