to be sure
Undoubtedly, certainly, of course, as in The coat is expensive, to be sure, but it's bound to last longer than a cheap one. This idiom was first recorded in 1657.
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How to use to be sure in a sentence
I have deserved it to-be-sure, but I do not know how it has happened.
Ormond, Volume II (of 3) | Charles Brockden BrownTo-be-sure, no girl ever said she herself, had seen this sight, but she had "heard about it from a last year's girl."
A very common word, to-be-sure, and well understood as to its application.
To-be-sure, the child was a sweet little thing; but they need not make such a rout about it.
Arthur Mervyn | Charles Brockden BrownIt was right to assist people in distress, to-be-sure; but to risk his own life he did not think to be his duty.
Arthur Mervyn | Charles Brockden Brown
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