"give heed" meaning in English

See give heed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-give heed.ogg Forms: gives heed [present, singular, third-person], giving heed [participle, present], gave heed [past], given heed [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> heed}} give heed (third-person singular simple present gives heed, present participle giving heed, simple past gave heed, past participle given heed)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention; to heed. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: pay heed, take heed, hearken

Inflected forms

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