mark you

phrase

British, old-fashioned
—used in speech to give stress to a statement that one is making so that a preceding or following statement will not be misunderstood
I don't always agree with him. Mark you, I'm not criticizing him!

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On the other hand, speaking Spanish with a gringo accent could mark you as an outsider on the island, while not speaking English at all could be seen as backward in the diaspora. — Héctor M. Varela Rios, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Mark you.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mark%20you. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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