rest assured
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rest assured
You can be sure, as in Rest assured that the police will recover your diamonds. This expression uses assured in the sense of "certain" or "confident," a usage dating from the early 1500s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Rest assured
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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