make sure

phrase

: to find out or do something so that one has no doubt about whether something is true, correct, will happen, etc.

Make sure (that) you turn the oven off.

They made sure everyone knew where they were supposed to be.

Examples of make sure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those ballots take longer to count than in-person votes, as officials need to deal with envelopes and verify signatures to make sure mail ballots are cast by the people they're supposed to be cast by. — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Is this just a cash grab, a way of maintaining relevance in a soft market, an attempt to make sure that Brown-Forman remains a relevant name in the world of collectible whiskey? — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

And for an even more sophisticated office look, make sure they're paired with a pleated midi skirt. — Michel Mejía, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026

Actual pilots coach and guide actors to make sure their actions mimic real life. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for make sure

• annexure
• embouchure
• epicure
• immature
• paramour
• premature
• reassure
• reinsure
• sinecure
• abjure
• adjure
• allure