go to hell


Also, go to the devil or dickens. Go to everlasting torment, ruin, or perdition. For example, Nancy did not mince words but simply told him to go the devil, or Go to hell, Tom, I won't give you another cent. These phrases are often uttered as angry imperatives to order someone to go away. Hell, devil, and dickens (a euphemism for “devil”) all refer to the underworld, the residence of the devil, from which a person would never return.

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How to use go to hell in a sentence

  • At a short distance from the shore was seen the rocky islet, bearing the name of Go-to-Hell, where the natives bury their dead.

  • Mac, old man, they tell me you've gotten to be a regular go-to-hell.

    The Valley of the Giants | Peter B. Kyne