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go to hell

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go to hell and go to (the devil) 
1. Inf. to go to hell and suffer the agonies therein. (Often a command. Caution with hell.) Oh, go to hell! Go to hell, you creep!
2. Inf. to become ruined; to go away and stop bothering someone. (Use hell with caution.) This old house is just going to hell. It's falling apart everywhere. Leave me alone! Go to the devil! Oh, go to, yourself!
See also: hell

go to hell (rude)
stop annoying me, I do not want to deal with you any more go to the devil 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 go to the dogs 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.
Suppose 'm you no like 'm five stick then you fella boy go to hell close up.
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.
 
 
 
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