sure-fire
adjective /ˈʃʊə faɪə(r)/, /ˈʃɔː faɪə(r)/
/ˈʃʊr faɪər/
[only before noun] (informal)- certain to be successful or to happen as you expect
- a sure-fire success
- Bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting people’s attention.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySure-fire is used with these nouns:- recipe
- way