like hell
informalDefinition
C2 very much: We ran like hell. We worked like hell to finish the job. It hurt like hell.Yes, no and not › certainly not: "Try to be polite to him." "Like hell I will!"Yes, no and not
(Definition of like hell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- by no means idiom
- check exclamation
- do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- hear, hear! idiom
- is the Pope a Catholic? idiom
- less determiner, pronoun, adverb
- nay adverb (NO)
- nearly adverb
- negative adjective (NO)
- negative noun (NO)
- nelly noun
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