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Dead set

adj, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unswervingly dedicated; resolutely determined.

    "If John is dead set on marrying Catherine, his parents' objection will only provoke a falling out."

  2. 2
    Complete and utter; total. Australia, colloquial

    "He is a dead set fool."

Adjective
  1. 1
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Noun
  1. 1
    The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter.

    "The judge at the dog show took points off the Irish setter's dead set because its right ear twitched a few times."

  2. 2
    A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.

    "to be at a dead set"

  3. 3
    A determined effort. broadly, figuratively

    "I might not graduate first in my class, but I'll make a dead set at it."

  4. 4
    A pointed and persistent attack on a person.

    "The result was that everyone made a dead set on Collins. It was the same in conversation. When he put his head in everyone turned on him. He was roared down unmercifully, with the inevitable result that he lost his temper."

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