Meanings
phrase
alternative mark my word
- idiomaticListen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
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."
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XL, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLCSynonyms: hear ye, read my lips
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseListen to me; used before or after a statement one wishes to emphasize, especially a prediction.
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Translations
Arabic سَجِّل كَلِمَاتِي, سَجِّلِي كَلِمَاتِي
- سَجِّل كَلِمَاتِي (sajjil kalimātī)listen to me
- سَجِّلِي كَلِمَاتِي (sajjilī kalimātī)listen to me
Chinese Mandarin 記住我的話 /记住我的话, 聽我說 /听我说
- 記住我的話 /记住我的话 (jìzhu wǒ de huà)listen to me
- 聽我說 /听我说 (tīng wǒ shuō)listen to me
Finnish sano minun sanoneen, sanokaa minun sanoneen
- sano minun sanoneenlisten to me
- sanokaa minun sanoneenlisten to me
Polish zapamiętaj moje słowa
- zapamiętaj moje słowalisten to me
Russian попо́мните мои́ слова́, попо́мни мои́ слова́
- попо́мните мои́ слова́ (popómnite moí slová)listen to me
- попо́мни мои́ слова́ (popómni moí slová)listen to me
Spanish arrecordate de mis palabras, arrecordaos de mis palabras
- arrecordate de mis palabraslisten to me
- arrecordaos de mis palabraslisten to me
- arrecordate de lo que te digolisten to me
- arrecordaos de lo que os digolisten to me
Swedish sanna mina ord
- sanna mina ordlisten to me
Turkish dediklerimi bir kenara yaz
- dediklerimi bir kenara yazlisten to me
Cite this entry
APA
mark my words. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20my%20words
MLA
“mark my words.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20my%20words. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mark my words,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20my%20words.
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