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listen up
noun as in heed
verb as in attend
verb as in mind
Example Sentences
He set up the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation and launched the We Are the Future project, among support for other causes.
Offensive and defensive linemen getting antsy for a new school, listen up.
At a closed-door meeting with a group of reporters last month, Hwang Sang-moo, a senior presidential secretary for civil and social affairs, said, “Listen up, MBC” before recounting an infamous story from 1988 about a journalist who was stabbed in the thigh with a sashimi knife by soldiers after writing a piece critical of the military.
“Now, everyone listen up! We must encourage the spices to settle. One of the universal incants used is shanti. When Marvellers came together, each community added incants to our global lexicon. Everyone repeat after me.”
“Now, listen up. There's a lottery every week to keep it fair. I've ordered a set number, and when we're out, we're out. You'll have to wait until next year. No whining.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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