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listen up

listen up verb: to listen closely; to pay attention.

Verb

listen up (third-person singular simple present listens up, present participle listening up, simple past and past participle listened up)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative, informal, often, potentially derogatory) To listen closely; to pay attention.
    • I'm only gonna say this once, so you really need to listen up.
    • His sharp eyes scanned the faces of his charges. "Listen up!" he barked.1933, Eddie Dooley, Under the Goal Posts

listen up meaning in Bengali

listen up in Bengali

মনোযোগ দিয়ে শোনা, মনোযোগ দেওয়া

Synonyms of listen up

Forms of listen up

third-person singular presentlistens up
present participlelistening up
past participlelistened up
pastlistened up

Origin of listen up

From listen + up. First use appears c. 1933, although the exact date of its first use is uncertain. See cite below.

Questions about listen up

What does listen up mean?
Listen up means to listen closely; to pay attention.
What is listen up in Bengali?
Listen up in Bengali is মনোযোগ দিয়ে শোনা, মনোযোগ দেওয়া. See Listen up meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is listen up?
Listen up is a verb.
What is the past tense of listen up?
The past tense of listen up is listened up.

Words near listen up in the dictionary

  1. listen
  2. listen after
  3. listen in
  4. listen out
  5. listen to you
  6. listen up
  7. listen with half an ear
  8. listenability
  9. listenable
  10. listened
  11. listened after

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: listen up (page history and authors); listen up (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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