without\ fail

without\ fail
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.

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this is one hundred per cent sure or necessary

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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