What (who) is hell-bent - definition
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Hell Bent For Leather; Hell Bent for Leather (album); Hell Bent for Leather (disambiguation)
hell-bent
¦ adjective determined to achieve something at all costs: agitators hell-bent on destruction.
hell-bent
adj. (cannot stand alone)
determined
1) hell-bent for, on (hell-bent on balancing the budget)
2) hell-bent to + inf. (hell-bent to balance the budget)
hell-bent
also hellbent
If you say that someone is hell-bent on doing something, you are emphasizing that they are determined to do it, even if this causes problems or difficulties for other people.
He accused Ford of being hell-bent on achieving its cuts by whatever means.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ on -ing/n [emphasis]
Wikipedia
Hell Bent for Leather
Hell Bent for Leather may refer to:
- Hell Bent for Leather! (or simply Hell Bent for Leather), a 1962 album by Frankie Laine
- Hell Bent for Leather, the US title of the Judas Priest album Killing Machine, 1978
- "Hell Bent for Leather" (song), the title song of the US version
- Hell Bent for Leather (Milan the Leather Boy album), 2009
- Hell Bent for Leather (film), a 1960 western starring Audie Murphy
Pronunciation examples for hell-bent
1. tag around with the hell-bent type...
Badlands
2. so at that point, I was hell bent on baking
How to Bake Bread _ Josey Baker _ Talks at Google
3. hell bent for election indictment and people were kind
Edward James Olmos, Haley Joel Osment & David Strathairn _ Talks at Google
4. hell bent on executing me for a crime
The Sun Does Shine _ Anthony Ray Hinton _ Talks at Google
5. One, it says if we are hell bent on burning
CORAL - Data-Driven Reef Conservation _ Michael Webster _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of hell-bent
1. But instead, it remains hell–bent on encouraging every form of gambling.
2. Yet the country seems hell–bent on squandering its historic opportunity.
3. The public is being deceived and betrayed by a Government hell bent on staying in power.
4. Why are they so hell bent on trying to sell it all off.
5. If that‘s the case then why is trade hell bent on calling it a flop?