pay heed

English

Verb

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.

   Synonyms: give heed, take heed, pay attention

   Antonym: pay no mind

   You needn't pay heed to his antics.

   • 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “w:Hassan of Basra. [Night 789.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 44:

     Now an thou wouldst get possession of this queen and wed this jewel seld-seen and enjoy her beauty and loveliness and grace, do thou pay heed to my words and keep them in thy memory.

Usage notes

• Used with to when an object follows.