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[Offroad]

Dear friends...

Could you please comment on the meaning of the sentence below?

We can head up first thing in the morning!

I searched the web and found nothing.

Many thanks

 

[Munch]

I can’t say for sure without a context, but it probably just means “start traveling”.

The place they are going might be “up” in some way, like “up a hill”, or “up north”.

We also say, "head off", "head out" and "head down" with similar meanings.

 

[true will]

means to cheer up or get happy
generally English language has many phrasal verbs that change the whole contexts

good luck

 

[Offroad]

Shouldn't there be a preposition between 'up' and 'first'?

I guess it means they are going somewhere not previously planned. What intrigues me is that she says 'first thing'. Hm.

 

[Munch]

true will, I am fairly sure you are wrong.

Shouldn't there be a preposition between 'up' and 'first'?

No, but you could say "head up there first..." if you wanted to.

I guess it means they are going somewhere not previously planned.

Why do you think that? It doesn't suggest that to me.

What intrigues me is that she says 'first thing'. Hm.

"First thing in the morning" just means early in the morning, before you do anything else.

 

[charliedeut]

Dear friends...

Could you please comment on the meaning of the sentence below?

We can head up first thing in the morning!

I searched the web and found nothing.

Many thanks

Hi offroad,

Check if this link head up - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. gives you what you need.

Hope it helps.

Greetings,

Charliedeut

 

[Munch]

Hi offroad,

Check if this link head up - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. gives you what you need.

Hope it helps.

Greetings,

Charliedeut

I don't think it does in this case because we are not talking about "to head something up", just "to head up".

 

[Rover_KE]

Offroad, why don't you give us the context in which you found this sentence?

It means nothing to me in isolation.

Rover

 

[Munch]

Offroad, why don't you give us the context in which you found this sentence?

It means nothing to me in isolation.

Rover

It could be from this Dan Brown story. It's hard to tell if it really is Dan Brown though - it could be a parody or an homage written by an autistic child.

 

[Rover_KE]

Thanks for your trouble, Munch, but we shouldn't have to guess, should we?

Rover

 

[Munch]

Thanks for your trouble, Munch, but we shouldn't have to guess, should we?

Rover

I completely agree but I have an idea why learners are so hesitant to give context, despite our repeated requests to do so. I suspect some learners (and their teachers) think that English phrases have an intrinsic meaning and that we will not provide the One True Meaning of the phrase if we are distracted by the context.

It's very frustrating.

 

[Offroad]

It could be from this Dan Brown story. It's hard to tell if it really is Dan Brown though - it could be a parody or an homage written by an autistic child.

Munch has touched the matter with a needed. I hope he googled it otherwise he'd be a very agressive reader, impressive.

It is actually from a Dan Brown's novel called 'Digital Fortress'. I started reading the book, found myself negociating meaning with that sentence, none of the dictionaries I looked helped much, so I asked for help here.

In this section, or chapter, there's this woman who was awaken by the telephone very early in the morning, it was her fiance, he was calling to inform that he is not coming because of a emergency trip. So she tries to convince him to go over her place without knowing what's going on.

He says:

I'm sorry. I've got to leave town. I'll be back by tomorrow. We can head up first thing in the morning. We'll still have two days.

Thank you