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mark my words

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  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

Because they no doubt will, mark my words, and you'll want to be good and ready when the time comes.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2021

"I’ve said it’s not going the distance and you can mark my words," said Mayweather.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 2017

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

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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