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sure up

sure up verb: eggcorn of shore up.

Verb

sure up (third-person singular simple present sures up, present participle suring up, simple past and past participle sured up)

  1. Eggcorn of shore up.
    • means of 'reasoned' argument) not only serves to sure up the sense of certainty which people attach to their moral judgments and to the world views from which their judgements ultimately derive, it serves to sure up their sense of2002, Colin Wilks, Emotion, truth and meaning: in defense of Ayer and Stevenson, page 195
    • I would verbally walk him through each course, and its preparation, as he roamed the aisles on the other end of the phone. Then, when he got back to his place, he would call again, just to sure up all the details.2006, Fred Raynaud, Reflections from the Kitchen, page 88

Forms of sure up

third-person singular presentsures up
present participlesuring up
past participlesured up
pastsured up

Questions about sure up

What does sure up mean?
Sure up means eggcorn of shore up.
What part of speech is sure up?
Sure up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sure up?
The past tense of sure up is sured up.

Words near sure up in the dictionary

  1. sure hands on the tiller
  2. sure hands on the tillers
  3. sure of oneself
  4. sure thing
  5. sure things
  6. sure up
  7. sure, Jan
  8. sure-enough
  9. sure-fire
  10. sure-footed
  11. sure-footedness

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