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make certain

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Rather, individuals and companies would have to admit to some wrongdoing to make certain charges go away.

An X-ray is then performed to make certain the tube is placed correctly into the stomach or small intestine and not into the lung.

Let us make certain it will not breed fear of people with ASDs.

I summarized the best I could to make certain that I understood the process.

And her sense of humor should make certain that no one will be put off by the erudition.

His whole scheme was complete, and he reviewed every point of it to make certain there was no flaw in it.

Here was the gold trinket, and glancing round to make certain no one was watching, Mercier had put it into her open hand.

Why, I spotted you for a boy when you was threading the needle; and I contrived the other things just to make certain.

But for one thing, let me make certain that you are not trying to read anything between the lines of what I write you.

The Turkish commanders now resolved to make certain of victory by bringing up a cannon.

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On this page you'll find 292 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to make certain, such as: confirm, determine, divine, double-check, find out, and verify.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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