pay heed

present singular third person pays heed · participle present paying heed · participle past paid heed · past paid heed

1. idiomaticintransitiveTo give attention; to heed.

   You needn't pay heed to his antics.

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   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

   Synonyms: give heed, take heed, pay attention · Antonyms: pay no mind