mark my words
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mark my word (rare)
Pronunciation[edit]
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Phrase[edit]
- (idiomatic) Listen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XL, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, "wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls."
Usage notes[edit]
- Though grammatically, mark my words is structured as a command (that is, as a clause in the imperative mood), that is not its true function in discourse.
Synonyms[edit]
- (listen to me): hear ye (archaic), read my lips
Translations[edit]
listen to me
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