dead set

[ded set for 1, 2; ded set for 3]

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noun

firmly decided or determined; resolved: His family was dead set against the marriage.

a serious or determined attempt; firm effort: He made a dead set at winning the championship.

Hunting. the stiff posture assumed by a hunting dog in indicating the presence and location of game.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism

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dead set

—*adv*
1.	absolutely: he is dead set against going to Spain

—n
2.	the motionless position of a dog when pointing with its muzzle towards game

—*adj*
3.	(of a hunting dog) in this position

—*interj*
4.	slang (Austral) an expression of affirmation: dead set, I worked from dawn to dusk

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