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English
Verb
pay heed (third-person singular simple present pays heed, present participle paying heed, simple past and past participle paid heed)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To give attention; to heed.
- Synonyms: give heed, take heed, pay attention
You needn't pay heed to his antics.
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, : Burton Club , →OCLC, page 44: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.
Usage notes
- Used with to when an object follows.