play merry hell with

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play merry hell with

verb plays merry hell with · playing merry hell with · played merry hell with

  1. idiomatic Synonym of play the devil with. The first one, harpooned in the morning near Leatherjacket Bay, played merry hell before the killers drove it ashore on the rocks outside South Head in its dying struggles.

    Similar: play the devil with

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@misc{play_merry_hell_with_2026,
  title = {play merry hell with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/play%20merry%20hell%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}