"dead cert" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "It's a dead cert that United will beat City in the cup.",
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          "ref": "1962, Dick Francis, chapter 4, in Dead Cert, published 2004, page 46:",
          "text": "“Jockeys are bad tipsters. But that one was a cert, a dead cert.” A dead cert. The casual, everyday racing expression jabbed in my mind like a needle.",
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          "ref": "2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 54:",
          "text": "\"Tees Valley is our first target. It's not a dead cert yet, but we are very hopeful.",
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        "A practically guaranteed outcome."
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        "(informal) A practically guaranteed outcome."
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        {
          "word": "sure thing"
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          "ref": "2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, in Rail, page 54:",
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        "(informal) A practically guaranteed outcome."
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