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go to hell

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  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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That is no excuse for letting things go to hell, in this neighborhood or any other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

"He said to her: 'You're no longer my sister', and she told him to go to hell."

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 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

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

If I die and go to hell, who’s going to help them?

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

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