[Ads-l] rest assured, adj.

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

This looks like a blend:
"People should rest assured..." + "People should (or: can) be assured..."

Gerald Cohen 
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Original message from Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], November 13, 2016 1:06: 

Paul Ryan on CNN:

"I think people should be rest assured" [that there won't be "mass
deportations"].

592,000 hits.

JL
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