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save the mark

save the mark is the alternative form of God save the mark.

Meaning of God save the mark

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Ironic expression of distaste for someone.
    • […] for he made me mad
      To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet
      And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman
      Of guns and drums and wounds,—God save the mark!—
      And telling me the sovereign'st thing on earthc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about save the mark

What is save the mark the alternative form of?
Save the mark is the alternative form of God save the mark.

Words near save the mark in the dictionary

  1. save the dates
  2. save the day
  3. save the drama for your mama
  4. save the drama for your momma
  5. save the furniture
  6. save the mark
  7. save up
  8. save versus
  9. save vs.
  10. save-all
  11. save-alls

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