v.
1.state emphatically and authoritatively
2.announce publicly or officially
3.state firmly
4.declare to be
5.authorize payments of
6.designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
7.make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
8.proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
Idiom of the Day
nothing short of (something)
to be almost the same as something
It was nothing short of a miracle that the young man survived the car accident.