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go to hell

Idioms  

  1. Also,. 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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‘Hadestown’ Go to hell and back — again — as the national tour of Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony-winning, mythologically inspired folk musical swings back through SoCal for a short stay.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Surrounded by his supporters and under the eyes of federal agents and New York City cops, he walked between police barricades and past a crowd of onlookers, some chanting "Go to hell!"

From Time Magazine Archive

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