sure thing
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noun
1.
something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
2.
something assured; certainty: It's a sure thing that he'll refuse to cooperate.
3.
surely; for sure; O.K.; roger (often used as an interjection).
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
1830–40, Americanism
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| sure thing | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | chiefly (US) (sentence substitute) all right! yes indeed! used to express enthusiastic assent |
| —n | |
| 2. | something guaranteed to be successful |
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Sure thing
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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sure thing definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
sure thing
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a sure thing. A certainty, as in Making the bestseller list has been a sure thing for Stephen King. This usage originally alluded to a bet that one could not lose. [First half of 1800s]
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Yes indeed, certainly, as in Are you coming tonight?
Sure thing! This use of the idiom as an interjection dates from the late 1800s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Bubbles end when people stop believing that big capital gains are a sure thing.
Even some environmental benefits are not a sure thing.
That's not a sure thing, of course, so split at your own risk.
The only sure thing that can be said is that what will happen is anyone's guess.
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