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
So, Daisies and Brownies, listen up: there's a new flavor in the cookie jar for you to hawk — Raspberry Rally.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022
But if you want to implement that cozy, rustic style in a subtler, more classic way, listen up.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2019
And listen up, whoever was leaking, she said: I hope you’ll show me the decency of not texting out what it is I’m saying.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019
“So listen up, then. Morty gets sick. Like you never seen nobody so bad off. This is real kickass disease, he can’t walk or talk, can’t fart. Can’t nothin’.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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