"take heed" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take heed.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes heed [present, singular, third-person], taking heed [participle, present], took heed [past], taken heed [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> heed}} take heed (third-person singular simple present takes heed, present participle taking heed, simple past took heed, past participle taken heed)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: give heed, pay heed

Inflected forms

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