make certain

idiom

: to do something or find out something so that one has no doubt about whether something is true, correct, will happen, etc.

Make certain (that) you lock the door when you leave.

We must make certain this doesn't happen again.

She made certain she thanked each of them for coming.

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Also, the company’s strategies are tailored to each client to make certain that their store is aligned with their specific goals — targeting niche markets, maximizing profitability, or scaling for long-term growth. —

Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024 That was partly due to a lack of readily available infrastructure to make certain goods in the US. —

Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024 The transaction was designed to help the automaker mitigate the risk that its stock would be diluted by the issuance of convertible notes and to make certain federal income tax deductions, according to the suit. —

Royce Branning, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024 Bungie recently acknowledged the existence of arguably the worst bug in Destiny 2’s entire history, the revelation that for years now, loot drops have been bugged to make certain perk combinations close to impossible to get, when all combinations were supposedly supposed to be weighted equally. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for make certain