for sure

for sure

Definitely; for certain. A: "How many people are coming to dinner tonight?" B: "I can't say for sure—my family tends to just show up without responding to invitations." Oh, I'll be there, for sure—I'm just running a little late.

See also: for, sure

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for sure

for certain. I will be there for sure. Sally: Are you ready to go? Bob: For sure. Sally: Then, let's go.

See also: for, sure

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

for ˈsure

(informal) definitely: ‘What time will you be here?’ ‘I don’t know for sure yet.’ ♢ I’ll be there for sure; don’t worry.

See also: for, sure

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for sure

phr. absolutely. (The same as fer shur.) I’ll be there, for sure.

See also: for, sure

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for sure

Informal

Certainly; unquestionably: We'll win for sure.

See also: for, sure

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

for sure

Certainly, without doubt; also, I agree. This seemingly modern phrase dates from the late 1500s, at least in the first sense. John Milton used it in Paradise Regained (1671), “Now, now, for sure deliverance is at hand.” The second sense is somewhat more recent, and is often put as that’s for sure. C. Bonington had it in Annapurna South Face (1971), “We can’t do it in the next two days.—That’s for sure.”

See also: for, sure

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