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listen up

verb

Etymology

From listen + up. First use appears c. 1933, although the exact date of its first use is uncertain. See cite below.

  1. inherited from *upp✻
  2. inherited from *upp✻
  3. inherited from upp
  4. inherited from up
  5. compounded as listen up — “listen + up”

Definitions

  1. To listen closely

    To listen closely; to pay attention.

    • I'm only gonna say this once, so you really need to listen up.
    • His sharp eyes scanned the faces of his charges. "Listen up!" he barked.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for listen up. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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