dead set

dead set
adjective
fixed in your purpose
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bent on going to the theater

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dead set against intervening

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out to win every event

• Syn: ↑bent, ↑bent on, ↑out to
• Similar to: ↑resolute

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noun
1. : the position of a hunting dog in pointing his prey
2. : a determined effort especially to win or gain a clearly identified objective — usually used with at

made a dead set at him and married him

3. : an attitude of fixed hostility

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/ded" set"/ for 1; 2; /ded" set'/ for 3
1. firmly decided or determined; resolved: His family was dead set against the marriage.
2. a serious or determined attempt; firm effort: He made a dead set at winning the championship.
3. Hunting. the stiff posture assumed by a hunting dog in indicating the presence and location of game.
[1840-50, Amer.]

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dead set see under ↑set
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Main Entry: ↑dead
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dead set
1. Determined (on)
2. Indisputable (Aust sl)
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Main Entry: ↑set

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dead-set «DEHD SEHT», adjective.
firmly fixed; very determined or resolute: »

... dead-set against any compromise (Newsweek).

dead set,
1. an abrupt stop or stand made by a hunting dog in pointing game.
2. Figurative. a) a determined stand: »

The disaffected sections of the Irish population made a dead set against him from the first (Manchester Evening News).

 b) a determined attempt to gain someone's affections: »

There was a girl at Dumdum…who made a dead set at me (Thackeray).

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n. see set II (sense 2)

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dead set
see set n.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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