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With a will

//ˌwɪθ‿ə ˈwɪl// prep_phrase

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  1. 1
    With willingness and zeal; with all one's heart or strength; earnestly, heartily. dated, idiomatic

    "«Yes!» muttered the Rover, with bitter irony, as his boat rowed under the stern of the cruiser of the Crown; «yes! I, and my officers, will taste of your banquet! But the viands shall be such as these hirelings of the King shall little relish!—Pull with a will, my men, pull; in an hour, you shall rummage the store-rooms of that fool, for your reward!»"

Etymology

From with + a + will (“firmity of purpose, fixity of intent”), originally often used to refer to rowing a boat vigorously.

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