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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"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

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

"I think they thought they could control it, and they realized that their recruiting efforts were going to go to hell in a handbasket if the truth about his death got out," he contended.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023

We’re the kind of Catholics who think people shouldn’t go to hell for being nonhetero, and that was before I even came out.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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