like hell Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like thunder.
- drove like crazy
- worked like hell to get the job done
- ran like sin for the storm cellar
- work like thunder
- fought like the devil
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adverb used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
- says he'll help me? Like hell he will!