how in the hell

Used to emphasize surprise, shock, anger, disgust, etc., as an intensifier of the question "How?" How in the hell was I supposed to know that? How in the hell…? I just had this fixed, and now there's a dent in it! Just how in the hell did the newspapers find out about this?

See also: hell, how

See also:

how the hell
in the world
in the hell
the hell
what the shit
on earth
in creation
in creation?
(in) the devil
the devil

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