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be hell-bent on
To be very determined to do something, perhaps annoyingly so. She's hell-bent on coming here for Thanksgiving, so we better clean the guest room. I'm hell-bent on getting an A on this exam, so I've been studying all week.
be hell-bent on something/doing something
to be determined to do something, usually something that people think is wrong Local fans seemed hell-bent on causing as much trouble as possible during the match.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Isa (2) | | EE-sah: (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish |
| Isaura | | ee-SOW-rah (Spanish) | Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman |
| Asim | | - | Turkish |
| Gijs | | KHIES | Dutch |
| Kincaid | | [kin'keid] | |
| Bosse | | - | Swedish |