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"dead cert" is often used in informal written English.
It typically refers to something that is almost certain to happen or be true. For example: "Getting into that school is a dead cert, they don't have any entrance requirements."
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dead cert
noun
Practically guaranteed outcome
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"Nerve" appeared two years after "Dead Cert".
Labour looked like an electoral dead cert.
Still, the British suitor is not a dead cert winner.
"I don't think you can say dead cert.
That doesn't mean rates at 0.1% are a dead cert.
It's going to be harder to kill a money-making dead cert than with mere hosiery.
He narrowly missed out on the trophy having been predicted to be a dead cert.
With her long, glossy hair Lauren is a dead cert before she even opens her mouth.
If she opens her speech to Roachford's Cuddly Toy then it's a dead cert.
Though far from a dead cert, a sequel is simply a safer bet.
Dead Cert (1962) Officially, his wife Mary was Dick Francis's researcher and helped with editing.
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