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playing hell with

playing hell with is the present participle and gerund of play hell with.

Meaning of play hell 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

Questions about playing hell with

What is playing hell with the present participle and gerund of?
Playing hell with is the present participle and gerund of play hell with.

Words near playing hell with in the dictionary

  1. playing games
  2. playing God
  3. playing gooseberry
  4. playing hardball
  5. playing havoc
  6. playing hell with
  7. playing hob with
  8. playing hooky
  9. playing host to
  10. playing house
  11. playing in

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