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all hell breaks loose

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all hell breaks loose (informal)
if all hell breaks loose, a situation suddenly becomes noisy and violent, usually with a lot of people arguing or fighting. This big guy walked up to the bar and hit Freddie and suddenly all hell broke loose.
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If the moves of the regulators are not predictable, all hell breaks loose.
Cause for concern? The Fed has raised interest rates for the 17th ... by Rifkind, David / Los Angeles Business Journal
So we start back down, and all hell breaks loose so we storm right back up.
The New Band of Brothers; With the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry ... by Fumento, Michael / The Weekly Standard
A YOUNG BOY goes missing and all hell breaks loose in ``Freedomland,'' a movie with a lot on its mind and too much on its plate.
CONFLICT, BUT NO RESOLUTION, IN PROVOCATIVE 'FREEDOMLAND' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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