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play hell with

play hell with verb: synonym of play the devil with.

Verb

play hell with (third-person singular simple present plays hell with, present participle playing hell with, simple past and past participle played hell with)

  1. Synonym of play the devil with.
    • For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14

Synonyms of play hell with

Forms of play hell with

third-person singular presentplays hell with
present participleplaying hell with
past participleplayed hell with
pastplayed hell with

Questions about play hell with

What does play hell with mean?
Play hell with means synonym of play the devil with.
What part of speech is play hell with?
Play hell with is a verb.
What is the past tense of play hell with?
The past tense of play hell with is played hell with.

Words near play hell with in the dictionary

  1. play group
  2. play groups
  3. play hard to get
  4. play hardball
  5. play havoc
  6. play hell with
  7. play hob with
  8. play hookey
  9. play hookie
  10. play hooky
  11. play host to

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