Usually means: Pay attention to what's said.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word listen up:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. listen up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. listen up: Merriam-Webster
  3. listen up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. listen up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. listen up: Wiktionary
  6. Listen Up, Listen up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. listen up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. listen up, listen up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (listen up)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To listen closely; to pay attention.

Similar:
tune in, listen out, pay attention, listen after, attend, take heed, give ear, hang on, hearken, keep a close watch, more...

Phrases:
Listen Up Philip, more...

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Similar:
tune in, listen out, pay attention, listen after, attend, take heed, give ear, hang on, hearken, keep a close watch, more...

Phrases:
Listen Up Philip, more...



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