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- play hell with
play hell with
play hell with someone or something
Fig. to cause enormous disruptions with someone or something. (Use discretion with hell.) Your proposal would play hell with Gerry and his plans. This new event really plays hell with my schedule.
play (merry) hell with something
(informal) to stop something from working as it should The power cuts played merry hell with our computer systems.