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be surety for

VERB

guarantee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assure ensure insure maintain protect prove secure support

STRONG

affirm angel attest aver back bankroll certify confirm cosign endorse evidence evince grubstake guaranty juice mortgage reassure stake swear testify wager warrant witness

WEAK

answer for bind oneself get behind give bond make bail make certain make sure pick up the check pick up the tab sign for stand behind stand up for vouch for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

harm hurt injure let go neglect

STRONG

contradict deny discourage disprove invalidate oppose refute reject repudiate veto

WEAK

break

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Yet I insist, without mercy; I make Emile blush for his lack of delicacy; I undertake to be surety for Sophy that she will undertake her share of the treaty.

From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

And a brave and considerate young man he is, major; I'll be surety for his making of an honorable and a real gentleman.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

"But let him off just this once," pleaded Turkey, "and I'll be surety for him that he'll never do it again."

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

So the merchant procured one to be surety for him, and they let him go.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Say, young man, wilt thou accept this charge, and be surety for these haughty youths?

From The Lord of Dynevor by Everett-Green, Evelyn

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