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mark my words

Idioms  
  1. 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).


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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

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

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Sooner or later, we'll definitely get a live-action Miles Morales movie, mark my words.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2021

"I couldn't control my excitement actually. I went back to her and said, 'You are going to be on this and you will get better, mark my words.'"

From BBC • May 30, 2020

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

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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