like hell
English
Prepositional phrase
- (intensifier) In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon.
- You'd better run like hell!
- Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions
- Me do the washing up? Like hell I will!
- Bad or badly.
- You look like hell!
- It stank like hell down there!
Synonyms
- See the hell
Translations
using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon
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See also
- bat out of hell
- like heck
- the hell
- the hell you say
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