listen up
Example Sentences
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Offensive and defensive linemen getting antsy for a new school, listen up.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024
Adventuresome horror fans listen up: This horror comedy from the writer-director Lukas Rinker is about a guy who gets trapped inside an overturned porta-potty.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023
But by changing the context, salt and pepper can raise their voices, demand your attention, tell you to listen up.
From Salon • May 28, 2022
The corollary to this, of course, is: Grown-ups need to listen up and pay attention.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
Still, if you find yourself standing near a particularly friendly-looking tree on a particularly lucky-feeling day it can’t hurt to listen up.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
