make sure

English

Verb

make sure (third-person singular simple present makes sure, present participle making sure, simple past and past participle made sure)

(idiomatic) To verify; to recheck; to use extra care or caution.
When you leave, make sure you lock the door behind you.
(obsolete) To betroth.
- Cotgrave
  she that's made sure to him she loves not well

Translations

to verify; to recheck; to use extra care or caution

Dutch: zorgen (nl), opletten (nl)
Estonian: veenduma, kindlustama
Finnish: varmistaa (fi)
French: s'assurer (fr)

German: sicherstellen (de), sichergehen
Manx: shickyree
Russian: удостове́риться (ru) (udostovéritʹsja)
Spanish: asegurarse de
Swedish: se till (sv), säkerställa (sv)

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