Synonyms

go to hell

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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And things are about to go to hell with gas prices, diesel prices, oil.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“He has no problem telling his friends like me to go to hell if he does not get what he wants, as he should,” Davis said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Once I decided that I didn’t care anymore, I just expected for them to kind of allow things just to go to hell around the house — but it was quite the opposite.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Cohn agreed and advised Trump to tell the feds “to go to hell and fight the thing in court.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

I really wanted to tell him to go to hell, but the truth was, he kind of scared me.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

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