Definition of sure thing
: one that is certain to succeed : a sure bet
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Examples of sure thing in a Sentence
he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far
Recent Examples of sure thing from the Web
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But there are no sure things in scouting, especially with starting pitchers.
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By evening, both sides had proclaimed victory, and the only sure thing was that they were all headed back to court.
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The Disney deal still isn’t a sure thing, though, due to a rival Comcast bid.
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By 10:40, the only sure thing is that the huge Texas skies are about to unleash a biblical thunderstorm.
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But rumors don’t agree on whether that’s a sure thing.
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None of those sectors, however, represents anything close to a sure thing.
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While far from a sure thing, Trump's remarks reflect new openness to reviving the talks, or at least rescheduling them.
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The shoot went unexpectedly (really? seemed like a sure thing to us!) viral with more than 70,000 shares to date, so the two friends decided to milk all the cuteness for a good cause.
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First Known Use of sure thing
1767
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