shoot to hell



shoot someone or something (all) to hell

 
1. Lit. to destroy someone or something with gunfire. (Use discretion with hell.) Fred shot the crook to hell with his machine gun. The farm boys had shot the stop sign all to hell.
2. Fig. to destroy, exhaust, or damage someone or something. The hard work in the morning shot me all to hell for the rest of the day. You shot my ideas to hell.
See also: hell, shoot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Polya-Bulgarian
Rhonwen-Welsh
Rosaliero-za-LEE (French), RO-zə-lee (English)French, German, Dutch, English
Bibek-Nepali, Bengali
DonÁT-Hungarian
Sophiaso-FEE-ə (English), so-FIE-ə (British English), zo-FEE-ah (German)English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek