sure-fire

sure-fire
adjective
certain to be successful
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a sure-fire way to get rich

• Similar to: ↑successful

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sureˈ-fire adjective (informal)
Infallible
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Main Entry: ↑sure

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sure-fire UK US adjective
certain to be successful

a sure-fire way to make new friends

Thesaurus: likely or certain to be successfulsynonym

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sure-fire «SHUR FYR», adjective.
Informal. definite; certain; unfailing: »

a sure-fire success. In the repertoire of the nation's comedians, Hoboken, N.J., ranks almost on a par with Brooklyn, N.Y., and Kokomo, Ind., as a sure-fire laugh-getter (Newsweek).

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adj. [attrib.] informal certain to succeed

bad behavior is a sure-fire way of getting attention

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ˈsure-fire f32 [sure-fire] adjective only before noun (informal)
certain to be successful or to happen as you expect

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a sure-fire success

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Bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting people's attention.


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