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in hell

in hell prepositional phrase: used as an intensifier to emphasize how unlikely something is.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (mildly, vulgar) Used as an intensifier to emphasize how unlikely something is.
    • I knew very well I had no chance in hell that I could handle this group of people definitively.2009, Jan K. Herman, Navy Medicine in Vietnam, page 204
    • There's no way in hell will I be your family's housekeeper while your family has Mike and Mitch living here with them!2013, Doris Miller, DIANE D: The Musical Drama, page 218

Questions about in hell

What does in hell mean?
In hell means used as an intensifier to emphasize how unlikely something is.
What part of speech is in hell?
In hell is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in hell in the dictionary

  1. in harness
  2. in haste
  3. in health
  4. in heat
  5. in heaven's name
  6. in hell
  7. in hell's name
  8. in hiding
  9. in high dudgeon
  10. in high feather
  11. in high gear

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