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like hell

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the deviladverb

    with great speed or effort or intensity

    "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"

  2. like helladverb

    used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated

    "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!"

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  1. like hell

    "Like hell" is an idiomatic expression in English language often used for emphasis or to express strong denial, disagreement or refusal. It can also be used to indicate that something is happening to a great degree or extent. Its meaning can change based on the context in which it is used.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of like hell in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of like hell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of like hell in a Sentence

  1. Jeb Bush:

    You got to fight like hell to make sure they get passed.

  2. President Trump:

    And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore, of the over 10,000 words spoken, President Trump used the word' fight' a little more than a handful of times and each time in the figurative sense that has long been accepted in public discourse when urging people to stand and use their voices to be heard on matters important to them ; it was not and could not be construed to encourage acts of violence.

  3. Jeff Merkley:

    I can't believe Donald Trump is making it harder to send mail vote in November, we're going to fight like hell to make sure postal workers letter carriers can deliver every ballot !

  4. Richard Milhous Nixon:

    There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time, even, to fly and there is a time to fight. And I'm going to fight like hell. (On Congressional moves toward impeachment)

  5. Thomas Paine, Common Sense:

    Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.


Translations for like hell

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  • a huevoSpanish
  • le diable aux chausses, le diable aux cul, putain que, le diable aux troussesFrench
  • jak diabli, jak choleraPolish

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