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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

He also said there could be further restrictions saying, "if we do need to do more to release pressure on housing and public services, then mark my words we will".

From BBC • May 12, 2025

"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

Our goal is to get wands into as many Unremarkable hands as possible, ’cause you mark my words: there’s gon’ come a day when we gon’ need magic to protect us from you Manifestors.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas