Guarantee
Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- warrant and guarantee
- warrant and make sure
- support and guarantee
- support and make sure
- secure and guarantee
- secure and make sure
- verify and guarantee
- verify and make sure
- confirm and guarantee
- confirm and make sure
- certify and guarantee
- certify and make sure
- endorse and guarantee
- endorse and make sure
Both terms in one sentence
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With two exceptions early in his career, the only way to defeat him was to make sure you outnumbered him (and even that wouldn't guarantee it).
- He/she/it may decide to punt you into Hell instead of Heaven, or simply trap you in an unnatural state between life and death when it would be your time to "die." Even Immortality is no guarantee of safety, because Death will make sure the hero regrets eternal life one way or another.
Source: The Problem with Fighting Death -
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: The men in her life want to make sure she's well taken care of, and because they're not delicate like she is, they guarantee it with threats of bodily violence.
Source: Women Are Delicate
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Make sure or Guarantee. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/guarantee/make_sure.
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