"sure-fire" meaning in All languages combined

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sure",
        "3": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "sure + fire",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "sure + fire, originally used to denote the efficacy of firearms (rifles) to fire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sure-fire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sure-fire",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sure-fire (comparative more sure-fire, superlative most sure-fire)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That hat should be a sure-fire way to spot him in a crowd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town",
          "text": "[…] just as he knew that showing up for lunch with a brown bag full of dried squirrel jerky and mushrooms and lemongrass was a surefire way to end up social roadkill in the high school hierarchy, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 29, Andrew Clements, “ENO's 14/15 season: some sure-fire winners, while Coliseum plans will strengthen the company”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "There certainly looks to be a whole clutch of sure-fire winners among the 11 promised new productions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Guaranteed to work or happen."
      ],
      "id": "en-sure-fire-en-adj-yuefAXuz",
      "links": [
        [
          "Guaranteed",
          "guaranteed"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "foolproof"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "surefire"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sure-fire"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sure",
        "3": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "sure + fire",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "sure + fire, originally used to denote the efficacy of firearms (rifles) to fire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sure-fire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sure-fire",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sure-fire (comparative more sure-fire, superlative most sure-fire)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "foolproof"
    }
  ],
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        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That hat should be a sure-fire way to spot him in a crowd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town",
          "text": "[…] just as he knew that showing up for lunch with a brown bag full of dried squirrel jerky and mushrooms and lemongrass was a surefire way to end up social roadkill in the high school hierarchy, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 29, Andrew Clements, “ENO's 14/15 season: some sure-fire winners, while Coliseum plans will strengthen the company”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "There certainly looks to be a whole clutch of sure-fire winners among the 11 promised new productions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Guaranteed to work or happen."
      ],
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        [
          "Guaranteed",
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        ],
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          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "surefire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sure-fire"
}