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Idiom

for a fact

Meaning

Without doubt.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I know for a fact that she is coming.”

“He told me for a fact that the store closes early on Sundays.”

“Although the rumors were widespread, she knew for a fact that the project had been cancelled weeks ago.”

Examples

simple

“I know for a fact that she is coming.”

contextual

“He told me for a fact that the store closes early on Sundays.”

complex

“Although the rumors were widespread, she knew for a fact that the project had been cancelled weeks ago.”

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