mark my words
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- mark my word (rare)
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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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