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.

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Last month some 7,000 students marched in the capital chanting "Yanquis, go to hell!" and burned an effigy of Duarte wearing an Uncle Sam hat.

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