rest assured

verb

Be sure; not need to worry; trust.

“Near-synonym: rest easy”

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Meanings

verbrest assured (third-person singular simple present rests assured, present participle resting assured, simple past and past participle rested assured)

present singular third person rests assured · participle present resting assured · participle past rested assured · past rested assured

  1. idiomaticintransitiveBe sure; not need to worry; trust.

    Near-synonym: rest easy

    4 more examples

    You may rest assured that our best efforts will be put forth to give you complete satisfaction.

    Rest assured that the investigators will leave no stone unturned.

    Rest assured, the investigators are pulling out all the stops.

    Rest assured, this will not last. Take a turn for the worse. Your hate, clipped and distant. Your luck, [a] two-headed cow.

    1983 April 12, “Pilgrimage”, in Murmur, performed by R.E.M.

    Synonyms: rest easy

Synonyms & antonyms

verbBe sure; not need to worry; trust.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 放心
  • 放心 (fàngxīn)be sure
Finnish olla varma
  • olla varmabe sure
Italian star certo
  • star certobe sure
Polish spokojna głowa
  • spokojna głowabe sure
Portuguese tenha a certeza [de que ...], esteja certo [de que ...]
  • tenha a certeza [de que ...]be sure
  • esteja certo [de que ...]be sure
Spanish estar tranquilo de, tener la aseguranza de
  • estar tranquilo debe sure
  • tener la aseguranza debe sure
  • tener por garantizadobe sure
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