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rot in hell

rot in hell verb: to suffer a fate worse than death.

Verb

rot in hell (third-person singular simple present rots in hell, present participle rotting in hell, simple past and past participle rotted in hell)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To suffer a fate worse than death.
    • This is one dangerous bastard. I hope he rots in hell.2012, Paul Carson, Scalpel, Random House, →ISBN, page 200
    • They got him, and they're going to hang him. I hope he rots in hell.2017, Mal Walden, The Newsman: Sixty Years of Television, Brolga Publishing, →ISBN, page 18
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rot, in, hell.
    • I have often wondered why no one ever asks about our earliest ancestors. […] Are we supposed to think that those generations of the human species are rotting in hell, just because they didn't have Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Buddhism2015, Frank K. McGarry, To Hell with Terrorism, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 54

Synonyms of rot in hell

Forms of rot in hell

third-person singular presentrots in hell
present participlerotting in hell
past participlerotted in hell
pastrotted in hell

Questions about rot in hell

What does rot in hell mean?
Rot in hell means to suffer a fate worse than death.
What part of speech is rot in hell?
Rot in hell is a verb.
What is the past tense of rot in hell?
The past tense of rot in hell is rotted in hell.

Words near rot in hell in the dictionary

  1. rosé wines
  2. rosés
  3. rot
  4. rot away
  5. rot gut
  6. rot in hell
  7. rot me
  8. rot off
  9. rot pocket
  10. rot pockets
  11. rot through

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