go to hell

and go to (the devil)

1. Inf. to go to hell and suffer the agonies therein. (Often a command. Caution with hell.) Oh, go to hell! Go to hell, you creep!

2. Inf. to become ruined; to go away and stop bothering someone. (Use hell with caution.) This old house is just going to hell. It's falling apart everywhere. Leave me alone! Go to the devil! Oh, go to, yourself!

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go to hell

(rude)

stop annoying me, I do not want to deal with you any more go to the devil Anybody who objects to what I've done can just go to hell.

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go to hell (in a handbasket)

to become worse in quality or character go to the dogs The roads in this part of the country are going to hell in a handbasket.

Related vocabulary: go to pot

Etymology: based on the idea of being carried to hell (a place for punishment after life) in a handbasket (a small container with a handle)

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go to hell

Also, go to the devil or dickens . Go to everlasting torment, ruin, or perdition. For example, Nancy did not mince words but simply told him to go the devil, or Go to hell, Tom, I won't give you another cent. These phrases are often uttered as angry imperatives to order someone to go away. Hell, devil, and dickens (a euphemism for "devil") all refer to the underworld, the residence of the devil, from which a person would never return.

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Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aatami	AH:-tah-mee	Finnish
Gundisalvus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Ervin	-	Hungarian, Croatian
Ketilri&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Sophia	so-FEE-ə (English), so-FIE-ə (British English), zo-FEE-ah (German)	English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
BİHter	-	Turkish