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Accepted cash that brings paid attention (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

took note

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'brings paid attention' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'accepted cash' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'took' (I've seen this before).
'cash' becomes 'note' (I've seen this before).
'took'+'note'='TOOK NOTE'

'that' is the link.

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