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not pay any mind

not pay any mind is the alternative form of pay no mind.

Meaning of pay no mind

Verb

pay no mind (third-person singular simple present pays no mind, present participle paying no mind, simple past and past participle paid no mind)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To ignore someone or something.
    • Walk hard / Pay me no mind / You're ashamed of me / You girl1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”

Forms of not pay any mind

third-person singular presentnot pays any mind
present participlenot paying any mind
past participlenot paid any mind
pastnot paid any mind

Questions about not pay any mind

What is not pay any mind the alternative form of?
Not pay any mind is the alternative form of pay no mind.

Words near not pay any mind in the dictionary

  1. not one's first rodeo
  2. NOT operator
  3. NOT operators
  4. not out
  5. not paid any mind
  6. not pay any mind
  7. not paying any mind
  8. not pays any mind
  9. not proved
  10. not proven
  11. not Pygmalion likely

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