pay no mind

English

Alternative forms

• not pay any mind

Verb

pay no mind (third-person singular simple present pays no mind, present participle paying no mind, simple past and past participle paid no mind)

1. (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

• “pay someone no mind”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.