bound and determined

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

With inflation, higher interest rates and soaring grocery prices, “we have economic headwinds in front of us, but the labor market is still very vigorous and very strong … and younger workers appear to be bound and determined to find as much agility as they can in their workplace,” Link said.

But the Republicans love a show, even a bad one, and they're bound and determined to put one on from now until we enter the voting booth in 2024.

“The leadership of the Catholic Church are bound and determined to drag the church in a completely opposite direction than both Pope Francis and the majority of Catholics are going,” said John Becker, press secretary of Catholics for Choice, a lay group that supports abortion and gay rights.

“The left is bound and determined to tear down the institutions of our country, to destroy the Senate, where they want to end the filibuster and blow it all up,” Mr. Cruz said.