dead set

idiom

: firmly determined
The mayor was dead set against [=strongly opposed to] the plan.
She was dead set on [=completely certain about] going to college.

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This is the very kind of study that the National Center for Public Policy Research has asked Costco to conduct and which the board stands dead set against doing. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 But for anyone not, um, dead set against them, Amir Bar-Lev‘s sweet, bittersweet, funny, tragic and inspiring film, affectionate but not blinkered, earns its length. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 And Jennifer Lopez seems dead set on bringing them back. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Dec. 2024 Those same lawmakers are now dead set on removing Yoon, though their first attempt has proven unsuccessful. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dead set 

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“Dead set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20set. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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