take heed

Related to take heed: drop off, touch base, in the works, in lieu, benefit of doubt

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take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

incline - bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"

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Take heed: refrain and name me not, but have regard to the anger of the gods.'

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TEIRESIAS Take heed, thou wilt provoke me to reveal The mystery deep hidden in my breast.

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Achilles will not kill him nor let another do so, for he will take heed to his ways and sin not, and he will entreat a suppliant with all honourable courtesy."