like hell
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like hell
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- In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon. You'd better run like hell!
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Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions
Me do the washing up? Like hell I will!
Similar: like fuck
- Bad or badly. You look like hell!
Similar: my ass, my arse, my butt, my eye, my foot, my thigh, bullshit
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prep_phrase using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon
| Français | le diable aux trousses, le diable aux cul, le diable aux chausses, à mort, à fond la caisse, à donf |
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| Italiano | a palla, a pieno regime |
prep_phrase expressing the opposite of one's intentions
| Español | a huevo que |
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| Português | o caraças, o tanas, o escambau |
| Français | mon cul, c'est mort, même pas en rêve |
| Italiano | col cazzo |
| Русский | чёрта с два čórta s dva |
Talk about this word "like hell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/like%20hell. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. like hell. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/like%20hell "like hell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/like%20hell.Cite this
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