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Foolproof
Answer for the clue "Foolproof ", 8 letters:
surefire
Alternative clues for the word surefire
Word definitions for surefire in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of sure-fire English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also sure-fire , by 1864, American English, from sure + fire (v.). Originally of rifles.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Going on holiday with my parents would be a surefire recipe for disaster. ▪ I know a surefire way to get a car started on a freezing winter morning. ▪ There's no surefire solution to the problem of improving the company's ...
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!