Usually means: Determined to achieve a goal.
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  1. bent on: Merriam-Webster
  2. bent on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  4. bent on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  7. bent on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. bent on: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bent on)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Completely determined; obstinate.

Similar:
resolute, dead set, bent, intent on, out to, hell-bent, peremptory, intent, pertinacious, hellbent, more...

Opposite:
uninterested, indifferent, apathetic

Phrases:
hell bent on, bent on getting power and authority, bent on revenge, more...

Adjectives:
peremptory, stark, robust, bent, strict, forthright, resolute, dedicated, straught, precious



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Similar:
resolute, dead set, bent, intent on, out to, hell-bent, peremptory, intent, pertinacious, hellbent, more...

Opposite:
uninterested, indifferent, apathetic

Phrases:
hell bent on, bent on getting power and authority, bent on revenge, more...

Adjectives:
peremptory, stark, robust, bent, strict, forthright, resolute, dedicated, straught, precious



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