head up meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "to head up" idiom? Please give me some examples!

Answer 1

Does it like to heads up

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Heading up a meeting can be a lot of responsibility.
Heading up the street means following the house numbers as they increase.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

 
Generally - to head up to and to head down to can be used interchangeably regardless of direction or orientation
 

To head up (to lead a team) can be used formally or informally.
To head up (north) is used informally.

 

In the imperative:

Head up the hill!

 

Answer 4

 

Idiom Scenario 3:

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Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 2:

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Two students, who live in California, are talking ...

Student 1: What are you going to do for the summer vacation?
Student 2: I have some family in Oregon who I haven't seen for a while. They have a really nice cabin in the woods.
Student 1: Sounds nice.
Student 2: Yes. I think I just might head up north for the summer.

Answer 6

Idiom Scenario 1:

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Two businesswomen are talking ...

Businesswoman 1: Have you heard about that big new project the company is starting?
Businesswoman 2: No. I haven't heard.
Businesswoman 1: We landed a huge contract to produce a new product. It's worth millions of dollars.
Businesswoman 2: I wonder who's going to lead the project.
Businesswoman 1: I heard that Norma is going to head up the team.

Answer 7

Idiom Definition 1:

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"to head up"

to lead

Synonyms: administer, adviser, boss, captain, cause, command, conductor, control, controller, counselor, deploy, direct, director, guide, impel, incite, inspire, lead, leader, mentor, mobilize, monitor, order, pilot, prompt, provoke, rosue, spark, steer, supervise, sway
 
 

 

Idiom Definition 2:

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"to head up"

to depart and move or travel in an uphill direction to depart and move or travel north (up on a map) to depart and move or travel in the direction where the address numbers are increasing

Synonyms: beat it, bolt, decamp, depart, duck, embark, escape, exit, flee, getaway, go, hightail, leave, march, move, part, run, scram, skedaddle, split, start, vamoose, walk