"listen up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-listen up.ogg [Australia] Forms: listens up [present, singular, third-person], listening up [participle, present], listened up [participle, past], listened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} listen up (third-person singular simple present listens up, present participle listening up, simple past and past participle listened up)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To listen closely; to pay attention. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (Translations): høre efter (Danish)
    Sense id: en-listen_up-en-verb-CuwAVs~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for listen up meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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