hearken to someone or something

hearken to someone or something
hearken to someone or something
Formal or Stilted to listen to someone or something; to pay attention to someone or something. •

Please hearken to me. I speak the truth.

Hearken to the call of the nightingale.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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