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sure thing

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noun

something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.

something assured; certainty: It's a sure thing that he'll refuse to cooperate.

interjection

surely; for sure; O.K.

Origin of sure thing

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for sure thing

belief, certainty, cinch, destiny, lock, surety, positiveness, shoo-in, cert, definiteness, surefire

Examples from the Web for sure thing

Contemporary Examples of sure thing

Just ask Eddie Murphy, who lost his “sure-thing” Oscar following back-to-back dud speeches for Dreamgirls.
The SAG Awards Best Speeches…And What They Mean for Oscar
Kevin Fallon
January 19, 2014
Turns out McCain took the right-leaning pro-Israel world's sure-thing, and cast it aside.
McCain Scuttles "Pro-Israel" Nomination
Ali Gharib
December 13, 2012
The passage of health-care reform will suddenly shift from sure-thing to nail-biter.
Stop the Feminist Guilt Trip
Dana Goldstein
January 15, 2010

Historical Examples of sure thing

Talk of loaded dice, or any of the sure-thing gambling devices!
Frenzied Finance
Thomas W. Lawson
The community pays the bill for the benefit of the sure-thing gambler.
Exempting the Churches
James F. Morton. Jr.
We have some sure-thing players with us, but he is not one of them.
Fore!
Charles Emmett Van Loan
Uh course, I aim to beat him to it, but Happy never does like to have a sure-thing.
The Happy Family
Bertha Muzzy Bower
Denied a sure-thing victory They were forced to call off Their war—with violent internal results.
The Final Figure
Samuel Kimball Merwin

British Dictionary definitions for sure thing

sure thing

adverb

(sentence substitute) mainly US all right! yes indeed! used to express enthusiastic assent

noun

something guaranteed to be successful

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with sure thing

sure thing

1

a sure thing. A certainty, as in Making the bestseller list has been a sure thing for Stephen King. This usage originally alluded to a bet that one could not lose. [First half of 1800s]

2

Yes indeed, certainly, as in Are you coming tonight?—Sure thing! This use of the idiom as an interjection dates from the late 1800s.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.