Idiom
pay heed
Meaning
To give attention; to heed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should pay heed to his advice.”
“The hikers failed to pay heed to the warning signs, and they soon found themselves lost in the storm.”
“The leader refused to pay heed to the growing unrest among the citizens, a mistake that eventually led to the collapse of his administration.”
Examples
simple
“You should pay heed to his advice.”
contextual
“The hikers failed to pay heed to the warning signs, and they soon found themselves lost in the storm.”
complex
“The leader refused to pay heed to the growing unrest among the citizens, a mistake that eventually led to the collapse of his administration.”
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