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Significant in degree of importance or urgency

Having or showing determination or resolve

Adjective

Significant in degree of importance or urgency

strictly business

of great import

no laughing matter

of significance

earth-shattering

highly regarded

of high standing

of great consequence

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Adjective

Having or showing determination or resolve

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

full of determination

dyed-in-the-wool

meaning business

committed to the idea of

bound and determined

stubborn as a mule

on one's mettle

stop at nothing

going for broke

as game as Ned Kelly

insistent about

in for long haul

like a ball of fire

desiring success

keen as mustard

tall in the saddle

action-oriented

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

self-opinionated

through-and-through

through and through

as keen as mustard

true to the end

single-minded about

obsessive about

inflexible about

fanatical about

coming on strong

well-established

bred-in-the-bone

tried and tested

long-established

set in one's ways

well-conditioned

well-constructed

well established

incontrovertible

free from doubt

deeply ingrained

hale and hearty

firmly established

unaccommodating

standing one's ground

set in concrete

bursting with health

high-principled

fit as a fiddle

in tip-top condition

rigidly enforced

carved in stone

not giving an inch

straightforward

sticking to one's guns

one-hundred percent

sure of oneself

tough nut to crack

in good physical condition

the picture of health

in good physical shape

high-maintenance

rooted to the spot

at a standstill

over-particular

not moving a muscle

solid as a rock

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

as straight as an arrow

unimpressionable

closely controlled

strictly controlled

uncompassionate

set in your ways

proof against persuasion

fixed as the laws of the Medes and the Persians

as thick as thieves

in a straight line

meaning what one says

unchallengeable

dyed-in-the wool

not discouraged

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

not backward in coming forward

not up for negotiation

tried and trusted

hanging together

alive and kicking

holding together

etched in stone

hermetically sealed

in every respect

no holds barred

without reservations

no ifs ands or buts

no strings attached

capable of being trusted

standardized^US

standardised^UK

pulling no punches

on the up and up

like the Rock of Gibralter

desensitized^US

common-sensical

lodged in one's brain

unshakeable in one's belief

desensitised^UK

secure in one's belief

easy in one's mind

hold the unwavering view

as fit as a flea

strong as an ox

as fit as a fiddle

lacking sentiment

as hard as nails

take-no-prisoners

as tough as old boots

toughened by experience

copper-bottomed

honest-to-goodness

well documented

high and mighty

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