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pay heed en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To give attention; to heed.
Now an thou wouldst get possession of this queen and wed this jewel seld-seen and enjoy her beauty and loveliness and grace, do thou pay heed to my words and keep them in thy memory.
1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “w:Hassan of Basra. [Night 789.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 44:You needn't pay heed to his antics.
Forms
Antonyms
pay no mind
Synonyms
pay attention · take heed · give heed