go to the devil
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Partridge clears Charles Dickens of all responsibility for the expression "go to the dickens," a Victorian nice-nellyism for "go to the devil."
From Time Magazine Archive
So the kid goes along with him for a while and stirs his spirit to the point of telling his boss to go to the devil and asking his girl to marry him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The farmers feared that the hindmost half might go to the devil.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’d just told the Kurowskis to go to the devil.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
“You’re not going to tell me to go to the devil, are you?” he asked.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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