to be sure

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

You just need to be sure he’s looking in the same direction.

From MarketWatch

I just want you to be sure that you’re not going to rush into early retirement only to discover you have made decisions that will be difficult to reverse later on.

From MarketWatch

I hadn’t seen enough of her teeth to be sure, but I figured her age to already be about twenty-five.

From Literature

She was put on cholesterol-lowering statin pills, but when she applied to appear on The Traitors the show's producers wanted her to have another CT scan "just to be sure".

From BBC

And you and I are about the same age and it’s something I grapple with a lot, wanting to be sure that I still have something meaningful to contribute.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• absolutely
• assuredly
• certainly
• clearly
• definitely
• evidently
• indeed
• inevitably
• inexorably
• plainly
• undoubtedly
• unquestionably