be hell-bent on



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.
See also: on

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.
See also: on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Veronicavə-RAHN-i-kə (English)English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
HildeHIL-də (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Norwegian
Apollonios-Ancient Greek
Ebba (2)-English
RalfRAHLF (German), RALF (English), RAYF (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English (Rare)
Ghulam-Arabic, Urdu, Pashto