Definition of Sure-fire

1. Adjective. Certain to be successful. "A sure-fire way to get rich"

Similar to: Successful

Definition of Sure-fire

1. Adjective. certain to work ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sure-fire

surcloys
surcoat
surcoated
surcoats
surculation
surculi
surculose
surculus
surd
surdiny
surdities
surdity
surds
sure
sure-enough(a)
sure-fire (current term)
sure-footed
sure-footedness
sure-handed
sure as eggs
sure as eggs is eggs
sure as shooting
sure enough
sure of oneself
sure thing
sure things
sure up
sured
suredaite
surefire

Literary usage of Sure-fire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"When he makes Dudgeon strut like a hero, the laugh is as sure-fire as when Richard Harding Davis makes Willie Collier strut ..."

2. The Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1913)
"Sure fire revolvers means that the weapons are to be discharged. The bottles and glasses are "off" because they are brought into the scene after the camera ..."

3. The Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1913)
"Sure fire revolvers means that the weapons are to be discharged. The bottles and glasses are "off" because they are brought into the scene after the camera ..."

4. The Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1913)
"Sure fire revolvers means that the weapons are to be discharged. The bottles and glasses are "off" because they are brought into the scene after the camera ..."

5. Writing for Vaudeville: With Nine Complete Examples of Various Vaudeville by Brett Page, Joseph Berg Esenwein (1915)
"The principles underlying these laugh-getters remain the same forever. 7. Sure-Fire Laughs Depend upon Action and Situation, ..."

6. Southern Literary Messenger (1838)
"The sure fire of Jones and his companion had brought them to the ground, and they lay before them in the agonies of death ! Those of the company in the road ..."

7. 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater by Michael C. Hirschi, F. William Simmons, Doug Peterson, Ed Giles (1998)
"If possible, make sure fire-fighting equipment can reach the building from all sides. A 12- foot-wide road is wide enough for emergency equipment. Flooding. ..."

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