Dead Set

Chamber of Commerce are dead-set against government intervention on behalf of local industry and American workers, that doesn't mean the rest of the business community agrees. ❋ Dan Froomkin (2011)

"It's been a constant battle," she said, detailing obstacles that ran the gamut from her family's incomprehension and dead-set opposition, to the scarcity and sometimes prohibitively high prices of fresh produce, to the near-total absence of meatless options from restaurant and cafeteria menus. ❋ AP (2011)

Of course the Republicans here are dead-set against any tax increases at all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Another reason for caution: ECB officials in Germany are dead-set against buying government bonds. ❋ Brian Blackstone (2011)

I thought for a moment he was going to congratulate Alex on rejecting his proposal, which seemed tantamount to signing on for the same kind of corruption that Gene is now dead-set on fighting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dayton has more room to operate than Koch and Zellers, who have to line up votes from a caucus that includes a new, powerful faction of lawmakers dead-set against spending increases and others who hope for a quick way out of the shutdown. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Did you ever consider doing a darker theme or were you dead-set on the Snow White prevailing theme? ❋ Unknown (2012)

The NFL is like that erratic teacher in high school, who always let students get away with talking in class, but comes back from Christmas break dead-set on enforcing the rules. ❋ Amy Turek (2010)

The reason young writers have so much trouble "writing funny" is because they are so often dead-set on appearing serious. ❋ Steve Almond (2011)

Restaurant lobbyists still dead-set against health inspection letter grades Young & Hungry ❋ Mike DeBonis (2011)

The gig was at the MGM and I was dead-set on doing a trick that in practice I bungled almost every time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you strip away all the new player classifications, salary slots, taxes and penalties, the bottom line is that baseball's current leaders are dead-set on limiting the advantages of rich clubs and helping its tired, poor and huddled teams like the Kansas City Royals get a more realistic shot at making it to the World Series. ❋ Matthew Futterman (2011)

Listen, like a lot of folks (I'm sure), I'm not dead-set against this tunnel. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Value-wise, I am clearly a progressive: strongly relational in my outlook, super-positive view of human nature and our ability to interact and resolve conflict, dead-set in my championing of individual rights, highly distrusting of businesses and corporations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Dead set]: one of the opening episode’s most delicious moments comes when a [housemate], confronted with the fact that the world outside is in zombie meltdown, whimpers forlornly, “Does this mean we’re not on [telly] any more?” ❋ TNTom (2009)

Oi did you see that [bloke] do a helping that [old lady] [across the street], dead set good cunt. ❋ LynxAfrica (2018)

[Geoff] - "How would you describe an [Aussie]?" [Frank] - "a dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker" ❋ AGuyThatPostsStuff (2014)

Yes, I'm a dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker. [Welcome] to [Australia], [cobber]. ❋ Yorrick Hunt (2008)

That [mate of mine] Pete throws his dog's shit straight over the [neighbour's] fence and into their pool, he's a [dead-set turkey], honestly. ❋ Stool_pidgun (2023)

[check out] that [DSB] (Dead Set Babe) ❋ MickyP (2011)