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adjective
Date: circa 1909
certain to get successful or expected results <a surefire recipe>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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surefire — sure|fire [ˈʃo:faıə US ˈʃurfaır] adj [only before noun] informal certain to succeed ▪ Children soon learn that bad behaviour is a surefire way of getting attention. ▪ a surefire recipe for success … Dictionary of contemporary English
surefire — {adj.} Without fail; effective; bringing actual results. * /During a campaign the only surefire way to get the sympathy of the voters is to mingle with them in person./ … Dictionary of American idioms
