sure enough

adv, adj — 2 senses

sure enough

advalso spelled sure-enough
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Idiomatic Just as one would expect.

  • Rain had been predicted for that day and, sure enough, it was beginning to rain.
  • Her body measurements are perfect in every dimension / She's got a figure / That's sure enough getting attention1981 August 23, Leon Haywood, “She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)” (track 5), in Carl Carlton, performed by Carl Carlton:
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  • Chaplin wouldn't be dissuaded. He knew that The Great Dictator was worth making, and, sure enough, it was a box office smash2021 February 5, Nicholas Barber, “The Great Dictator: The film that dared to laugh at Hitler”, in BBC:

sure-enough

adj
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US, Colloquial Real; actual; genuine.

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