without fail

without fail
without fail
for certain; absolutely. •

I'll be there at noon without fail.

The plane leaves on time every day without fail.

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{adv. phr.} Without failing to do it or failing in the doing of it; certainly, surely. * /Be here at 8 o'clock sharp, without fail./ * /Ben promised to return the bike at a certain time without fail./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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