Idioms
See heed in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygive/pay heed (to somebody/something) | take heed (of somebody/something)
- (formal) to pay careful attention to somebody/something
- They gave little heed to the rumours.
- I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he’d said.
- Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor’s speech.
- She took little heed of her surroundings.
- They paid no heed to the advice.
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