bent on doing
bent on (doing something)
Very determined to do something, perhaps aggravatingly so. She's bent on coming here for the weekend, so we better clean the guest room. I'm bent on getting an A on this exam, so I've been studying all week.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bent on doing something
Fig. determined to do something. I believe you are bent on destroying the entire country. I am bent on saving the planet.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bent on
- bent on (doing something)
- bent on something/on doing something
- be hell-bent on
- be hell-bent on something/on doing something
- hellbent
- hell-bent
- bend out of shape
- bent out of shape
- bent double