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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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surefire

  1. mod.
    certain; effective; fail-safe. (Alludes to a gun that will always fire.) : I've got a surefire method for fixing cracks in drywall.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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