What does sure-fire mean?
Sure-fire means Guaranteed to work or happen..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Guaranteed to work or happen..
That hat should be a sure-fire way to spot him in a crowd.
[…] just as he knew that showing up for lunch with a brown bag full of dried squirrel jerky and mushrooms and lemongrass was a surefire way to end up social roadkill in the high school hierarchy, […]
There certainly looks to be a whole clutch of sure-fire winners among the 11 promised new productions.
I believe that dismissing people, dismissing their concerns or worse yet, shutting down media, shutting down elections or shutting people out of the political process protects nothing. In fact, it is the most sure-fire way to destroy democracy.
Use sure-fire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sure-fire means Guaranteed to work or happen..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That hat should be a sure-fire way to spot him in a crowd.
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