dead set
Meaning
Truly, genuinely or absolutely. Also used as an adjective meaning complete or utter, and as an exclamation meaning 'really?'.
Example
Dead set, that was the best meat pie I've ever had.
Origin
Origin unknown
Variants
deadset
Nearby words
- dead finishThe limit; the very end or the last straw, as in 'that's the dead finish'. Dated.
- dead heartThe dry, sparsely settled interior of Australia.
- dead horseTomato sauce.
- dead marineAn empty beer bottle. Dated.
- deadlyExcellent; really good. Originally and especially used in Aboriginal English, now widely heard among young…
- deadshit vulgarA contemptible, useless or obnoxious person.
- deanerA shilling. Dated, from before decimal currency.
- death adderAny of several highly venomous Australian snakes of the genus Acanthophis, with a short, thick body, which…