pay heed

English

Verb

pay heed (third-person singular simple present pays heed, present participle paying heed, simple past and past participle paid heed)

(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.