with a will

Idioms  

1. Vigorously, energetically, as in He started pruning with a will. This term, first recorded in 1848, uses will in the sense of “determination.”

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with a will

More than 80% of those with a will, trust, healthcare proxy or financial power of attorney said they’d know what to do if a family member died.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

Frank McGuire, a Buffalo, N.Y., businessman died with a will in 2020, leaving behind a multimillion-dollar estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

One of the most concerning findings in the National Wills Report is that up to 29% of people with a will have not told anyone where they store it.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

He left the war with lasting physical and emotional scars and, like such fellow veterans as Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, with a will to find words for what had happened.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

Sleep opened beneath him like a well, and he threw himself into it with a will and let the darkness eat him up.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin