bound and determined to

Idioms  

1. Firmly resolved to, as in He was bound and determined to finish the assignment before taking on another. This phrase is a redundancy used for emphasis, as bound and determined here both mean “resolved to.” Also see bound to.

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Example Sentences

She had waited so long for a farm of her own, she was bound and determined to spend that night on her own land.

From Literature

Grandpa chuckled and said, “Would you look at that? He knows that we’re going somewhere and he’s bound and determined to go with us.”

From Literature

“Manzanillo, Mexico, 1978. Train to Mexicali. An American surfer managed to drag his surfboard onto the train, even though it wasn’t allowed. He hid it in the bathroom for a while, but the conductor was bound and determined to find it and throw the surfer off the train. The board ended up outside the windows, with three passengers secretly grabbing onto it through the windows. I got off the train before Mexicali, but I like to think he made it to the border.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’s bound and determined to make the most of that as he continues forever changing the face of the presidency and leaving future historians a wealth of material to study — should we survive the coming asteroid.

From Salon

“He was bound and determined to make sure we were coming out with a lead in that first period.”

From Washington Times