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paid heed

paid heed is the simple past and past participle of pay heed.

Meaning of pay heed

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To give attention; to heed.
    • You needn't pay heed to his antics.
    Antonyms:
    pay no mind

Questions about paid heed

What is paid heed the simple past and past participle of?
Paid heed is the simple past and past participle of pay heed.

Words near paid heed in the dictionary

  1. paid down
  2. paid for itself
  3. paid for one's whistle
  4. paid forward
  5. paid good money after bad
  6. paid heed
  7. paid homage to
  8. paid home
  9. paid it forward
  10. paid nature's debt
  11. paid no heed

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