to mark my words
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7.0
- idiom
- Informal
:
recordar lo que digo
- You will learn; this is where they want to go. Mark my words and remember this statement.
- mark my words, as time goes
- come to pass, mark my words
- mark my words, said
And when we do that, mark my words, a change is already coming.
- And when we do that, mark my words, a change is already coming.
- So this could be a game changer, mark my words.
- I think that it is such fun and I think it is the future, mark my words.
- It's difficult, but mark my words, Harry and Meghan are like the kamikaze Royals.
- The telecommunication companies, mark my words, it's they're using the playbook of the tobacco industry.
- She's going, mark my words, she's now launching an Advisory Board to combat anti-Semitism on campus.
- If he is, though, I will let you know as I walk in here, Mark my words, I'll piss my pants.
- Women don't want the penetration only, mark my words, they will never have that sustainably, right?
- And yeah, it's Mark my words.
- I'm going to bring up that about, I'm telling you right now, mark my words tonight at dinner, I'm going to scream fat cock.
- So as this is a year I'm settling down, mark my words, and then you settle down and it just don't be enough pan down.
Examples
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One final thought, and mark my words: Susan Rice will be the next Secretary of State
Blog text (11) -
But mark my words, you wiII come to regret it one day.
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And when we do that, mark my words, a change is already coming.
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And when we do that, mark my words, a change is already coming.
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One day, mark my words.
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And at one point within the next decade, mark my words, ladies and gentlemen, society will have reached something I call...
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And mark my words: We will barely get it finished, either covered or open, and we will be wrong.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Somebody will write about her someday," he said, "mark my words."
Fiction book (1991) -
She's going to be HUGE in the upcoming years, mark my words.
Blog text (29) -
I know you doubt me now, but mark my words, you will see I was right.
Synonyms
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6.9
Expect more news or updates soon
A short message that tells you to pay close attention to what follows
A short note to draw attention to an important point
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally instructs the listener to 'mark' (take note of or remember) the speaker's 'words', so the sense 'pay attention; this will be proven true' is directly derivable from the constituents. This imperative, compositional pattern is common across languages and follows an obvious pragmatic use, so a B1 learner who knows the parts should understand it.
Etymology
Mark my words comes from the old idea of telling someone to literally mark or note the words so they can remember them. So, when someone says it today they mean 'pay attention' because what they say will happen.