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hark verb [ hɑːk ]

• listen.
• "Hark! He knocks"
Similar: listen, lend an ear, pay attention, pay heed, attend, mark, note, notice, hearken, give ear,
Origin: Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to German horchen, also to hearken.

hark at

• used to draw attention to someone who has said or done something considered to be foolish or silly.
"just hark at you, speaking all lah-de-dah!"

hark back

• mention or remember something from the past.
"if it was such a rotten holiday, why hark back to it?"



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