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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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Numerology

  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. Peter Brock:

    Bite off more than you can chew and then chew like hell.

  2. Dolly Partonhas:

    I’d feel like a fool if I went [incognito] somewhere and I looked awful and they recognized me anyhow, i’d rather they just say, ‘Oh, I saw Dolly Parton today,’ than just say, ‘Lord, did you see Dolly Parton? She looked like hell.’ That would be the worse thing for someone like me – a big painted-up plastic doll.

  3. Edna St. Vincent Millay:

    Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.

  4. Barry Van Treese:

    I will speak for my brother, 'It hurts like hell to have your head bashed in with a baseball bat. Do not feel sorry for the bastard who took my life.'.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I fight like hell to pay as little as possible, i have the best lawyers and the best accountants and I fight and I pay, but it's an expense. And frankly, I would feel differently if this country was spending the money wisely instead of throwing it down the drain.


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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