take no notice of
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English
Pronunciation
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Verb
take no notice of (third-person singular simple present takes no notice of, present participle taking no notice of, simple past took no notice of, past participle taken no notice of)
- (idiomatic, transitive) To ignore.
- He took no notice of the spider until it bit him.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
- There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.
Synonyms
- disregard, neglect, pay no heed, unheed; see also Thesaurus:ignore
Translations
to ignore
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