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sure-fire
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As an adjective, sure-fire means certain to be successful.
Meanings of sure-fire
1 meaningadjective
Certain to be successful
“a sure-fire way to get rich”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).