Associations to the word «Sure-fire»

Wiktionary

SURE-FIRE, adjective. Certain to work

Dictionary definition

SURE-FIRE, adjective. Certain to be successful; "a sure-fire way to get rich".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats