make sure

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to do sth in order to be certain that sth else happens

2. Oxford20% of films

   to check that sth is true or has been done

In the movies · 280

• Hey, make sure you take care of my car, man.Wristcutters: A Love Story2007
• That is not trueUncharted2022
• I am not simply what others want me to beDark Phoenix2019
• I make sure.Trade2007
• Make sure she's okay.Fractured2019
• Make sure they fail.A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
• Make sure you do.Belfast2021
• We wanna make sure...Knives Out2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Belfast2021
  • Buddy Caught in a Street Riot
  • Belfast Builds the Barricades
  • Belfast Family Argues About Religion
• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• be sure to do
• for sure
• sure of yourself
• sure thing
• to be sure
• sure as eggs is eggs
• sure enough

More idioms

• not necessarily
• or whatever
• one day
• in the first place
• look on the bright side
• at most
• let go
• see you
• be carried away
• on top of
• as well
• go out of your way