listenupとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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listen up (third-person singular simple present listens up, present participle listening up, simple past and past participle listened up)

1. (informal, idiomatic, often imperative, potentially derogatory) To listen closely; to pay attention.

   Synonyms: give ear, lend an ear, hear ye

   I'm only gonna say this once, so you really need to listen up.

   • 1933, Eddie Dooley, Under the Goal Posts:

     His sharp eyes scanned the faces of his charges. "Listen up!" he barked.

   • 1994, “Carrot Juice Is Murder”, in Russell's Shorts, performed by The Arrogant Worms:

     Listen up brothers and sisters, come hear my desperate tale. / I speak of our friends of nature, trapped in the dirt like a jail.