"pay heed" meaning in All languages combined

See pay heed on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pays heed [present, singular, third-person], paying heed [participle, present], paid heed [participle, past], paid heed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> heed}} pay heed (third-person singular simple present pays heed, present participle paying heed, simple past and past participle paid heed)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To give attention; to heed. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: give heed, take heed, pay attention

Inflected forms

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