(as) sure as hell
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› used for emphasis: There better be another way in - I'm sure as hell not climbing up all those steps.Intensifying expressions
(Definition of (as) sure as hell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a heck of a idiom
- a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc. idiom
- and no mistake idiom
- annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of sb idiom
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