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sure⋅fire

[shoor-fahyuhr, shur-]
–adjective
sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme.

Origin:
1915–20; sure + fire
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sure-fire or sure·fire   (shŏŏr'fīr')
adj.   Informal
Bound to be successful or perform as expected: a sure-fire solution to the problem.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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