Definition of surefire
: certain to get successful or expected results a surefire recipe
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Examples of surefire in a Sentence
The movie is a surefire hit with teenagers.
There is no surefire way to predict the outcome.
1846
First Known Use of surefire
1846
SUREFIRE Defined for English Language Learners
surefire
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adjective
sure·fire
\ˈshu̇r-ˈfī(-ə)r\
Definition of surefire for English Language Learners
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: certain not to fail : sure to be successful
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