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go to the devil

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Go to the devil! (old-fashioned)
an impolite way of telling someone to go away because you are annoyed with them. I told him that if he wasn't prepared to change his ideas he could go to the devil!
See also: devil
go to the devil
stop annoying me, I do not want to deal with you any more. The girl's father said if she didn't stop seeing "that boy," she could go to the devil for all he cared.
See also: devil
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and it's high time I did, and go to the devil with you
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
If so be that it be so, the legacy may go to the devil with him that gave it.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Go, sir, since you have no moral sense remaining; and go to the Devil, at my express desire.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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