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bent onCompletely determined; obstinate.Rate it:

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as the twig is bent, so the tree's inclinedAn early influence can have permanent effects.Rate it:

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bent as a nine-bob noteExtremely dishonest or criminally-mindedRate it:

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bent as a nine-bob noteOstentatiously homosexualRate it:

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bent on a spliceAbout to be married.Rate it:

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get bentUsed to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.Rate it:

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get bent out of shapeTo take offense; to become angry, agitated or upset.Rate it:

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hell-bentstubbornly and often recklessly determined; cleaned up version: heck-bentRate it:

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walk like an EgyptianTo walk with one arm horizontally at the side, with arm bent at the elbow facing up, and the other arm horizontally at the side with arm bent at the elbow facing down.Rate it:

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ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse“’Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” [Pope , Moral Essays, i. 149.]Rate it:

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doesn't have two nickels to rub togetherReference an individual whom from all evidence and appearances is badly bent and broken relative to personal finances.Rate it:

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go soak your headSynonym of get bentRate it:

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