bent on something/on doing something
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.
See also: bent, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
ˈbent on something/on doing something
(informal) be determined to do or have something: I advised her against it, but she was bent on taking part in the marathon.See also: bent, on, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- bent on
- bent on (doing something)
- bent on doing
- 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