rot in hell

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rot in hell

verb rots in hell · rotting in hell · rotted in hell

  1. figuratively, idiomatic To suffer a fate worse than death. This is one dangerous bastard. I hope he rots in hell.

    Similar: burn in hell, go to hell, RIH

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rot, in, hell. I have often wondered why no one ever asks about our earliest ancestors. […] Are we supposed to think that those generations of the human species are rotting in hell, just because they didn't have Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Buddhism

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@misc{rot_in_hell_2026,
  title = {rot in hell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rot%20in%20hell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}