hell-bent for leather
Meaning
Adverb
- (Behaving) determinedly recklessly, in a manner that lacks restraint.
- Synonym of hell-for-leather
- Synonym of hell-bent
Origin
- Apparently a , though sometimes said to have been initially applied to animals which behaved poorly as if they were bent on being turned into leather.
Modern English dictionary
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