Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
Testify
Testify verb - To make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- guarantee and make sure
- guarantee and testify
- warrant and make sure
- warrant and testify
- witness and make sure
- witness and testify
- support and make sure
- support and testify
- establish and make sure
- establish and testify
- verify and make sure
- verify and testify
- determine and make sure
- determine and testify
Both terms in one sentence
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Also, when Daizaburo is to testify against one who shot an innocent, a group of them threaten to make sure Daizaburo will not get any backup in shootouts (and possibly worse) if he doesn't claim that it was in self-defense.
Source: Manga / Mad Bull 34 -
The Villain Of The Week uses a Hologram of Perry White, while using another hologram to make sure Superman is half-a-world away and not able to see through the disguise, to testify in court against Lois, and she is given the death penalty.
Source: Series / Lois and Clark
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