take heed of

idiom

: to pay attention to
He failed to take heed of our advice.

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Do not let the ransomware rampage swallow your data whole in the coming year; take heed of the warnings and act now to defend your enterprise. Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025 This means living generations have less experience from which to draw on and its civilians may be less likely to take heed of any government advice. Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025 Marks told the public to take heed of medical standards. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025 With rapid change approaching, business leaders and policymakers must take heed of their responsibility to adjust and set guardrails to prevent disarray. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for take heed of

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“Take heed of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20heed%20of. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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