hell-bent
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hell-bent
Very determined to do something, perhaps annoyingly or recklessly 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. When her ex-boyfriend walked into the party, Patty was hell-bent on getting out of there.
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