(hunting) The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter.
The judge at the dog show took points off the Irish setter's dead set because its right ear twitched a few times.
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A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.
to be at a dead set
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(figuratively, by extension) A determined effort.
I might not graduate first in my class, but I'll make a dead set at it.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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