pay attention to

idiom

: to concentrate on
Pay (close/careful) attention to what she says.

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Now, the investor community is forced to pay attention to this company. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025 But the reason to pay attention to what’s happening with the coverage of the Presidency is that Trump cares about it perhaps more than anything else. Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025 The mother-son duo were seen sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game in 2009, and Duke was too busy snapping photographs with a digital camera to pay attention to the game. Jamie Ballard, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 Experiencing diaper blowouts in the most inconvenient places, like a plane, as well as brutal moments of constipation, with her older kids, Everly, 12, and Callum, 5, encouraged Dewan to pay attention to gut health. Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pay attention to

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“Pay attention to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20attention%20to. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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