Guaranteed to succeed

Usage examples of surefire.

Two stunningly unscrupulous people with rich but closefisted families could hardly devise a more surefire means of inducing them to hand over a sackful or two.

He needed a surefire, tried-and-true way to entice those lobsters into the boat and onto the supper table.

His speech included surefire audience pleasers, such as his pledge to pass a hate crimes law and to oppose school vouchers.

A few months ago this would have been a surefire indication of my own barminess, and yet now it signifies only a cold-hearted and pragmatic sanity.

If you're white and you don't like any of the above ideas, or you think they're impractical, then there's always one surefire way to help create a colorblind world--marry a black person and have yourselves some babies!

Putting a joy buzzer in a cadaver's hand was a surefire way to liven up a dull autopsy.

Since Catteni had become addicted to coffee during their stay on Earth, to be able to trade roasted beans would mean they'd have a surefire commodity few Catteni would pass up.

It occurs to me that until my cousin comes upwith a surefire sales pitch to settle things, all thattakin' a peace-maker role is accomplishin' is com-mittin' us not to shoot back when the troublestarts!