mark my words

Idioms

Pay attention to what I say, as in Mark my words, that man is not to be trusted. This admonition first appeared in Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible (Isaiah 28:23).

Example Sentences

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“You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you’re going to jail,” Jeanine Pirro said in an appearance on her old stomping grounds at Fox News.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2026

“You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you’re going to jail,” she told Fox’s Martha MacCallum on Monday.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

"We are not withdrawing and did not withdraw, if force has closed a door, we will open many doors of hope, mark my words," Tantawi told supporters in Cairo on Friday.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

We’re going to end cancer as we know it, mark my words.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

If you think you are ugly, you will be ugly, mark my words.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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