take heed (of someone or something)

take heed (of someone or something)
take heed (of someone or something)
to be cautious with someone or something; to pay attention to someone or something. •

We will have to take heed of Wendy and see what she will do next.

You will learn to take heed of these little signs that things are not going well.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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