pay no mind
(Redirected from pay someone no mind)
English
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editpay no mind (third-person singular simple present pays no mind, present participle paying no mind, simple past and past participle paid no mind)
- (intransitive, transitive) To ignore someone or something.
- Antonyms: give thought, pay attention
- Don't sweat it. Pay no mind.
- Don't sweat his malarkey. Pay him no mind.
- 1969, Joe Bataan (lyrics and music), “Ordinary Guy”:
- Walk hard / Pay me no mind / You're ashamed of me / You girl
Further reading
edit- “pay someone no mind”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.