rest assured

1. You can be sure, as in Rest assured that the police will recover your diamonds. This expression uses assured in the sense of “certain” or “confident,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.

Example Sentences

“Do you think the tsar cares about the problems of Plinkst? About our failed crops and lazy postal workers? No! If he wants a letter delivered, you may rest assured it will be delivered, no matter what. That is what it means to be the tsar!”

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Only then did she retreat into her own thoughts, and she had a great deal to think about, you may rest assured.

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But rest assured: he was on his way.

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“Baroness, rest assured we do not serve cake every day.”

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“First, my apologies to you all for the deception. The baroness is correct. Admiral Faucet and I are well acquainted. We had a prior agreement that I would impersonate the ghost of Edward Ashton at the séance. In the excitement of the moment, it seems I became carried away with the role. My apologies. Rest assured, Admiral, I will return your payment in full, with interest.”

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• conclude 
• consider 
• have 
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