listen up
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listen up (third-person singular simple present listens up, present participle listening up, simple past and past participle listened up)
- (idiomatic, informal) To listen closely; to pay attention.
- I'm only gonna say this once, so you really need to listen up.
- 1933, Eddie Dooley, Under the Goal Posts:
- His sharp eyes scanned the faces of his charges. "Listen up!" he barked.
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This verb is often used in the imperative, as a sentence by itself.
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