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go to hell

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Go to hell! (very informal!)
an impolite way of telling someone that what they do or say is not important to you. 'I don't think it's a good idea to shout at him.' 'Oh, go to hell!'
See also: hell
go to hell
stop annoying me, I do not want to deal with you any more. Anybody who objects to what I've done can just go to hell.
See also: hell

go to hell (in a handbasket)
to become worse in quality or character. The roads in this part of the country are going to hell in a handbasket.
Related vocabulary: go to pot
Etymology: based on the idea of being carried to hell (= a place for punishment after life) in a handbasket (= a small container with a handle)
See also: hell
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"I would gladly go to hell after Peter of Colfax," replied the outlaw.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Suppose 'm you no like 'm five stick then you fella boy go to hell close up.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Because I only like playing with words, only dreaming, but, do you know, what I really want is that you should all go to hell.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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