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see you in hell

see you in hell phrase: a farewell which implies that the person addressed is about to die and be damned; often uttered in bravado by one adversary to imply that the other adversary may defeat them in some conflict but in the end both will be dead and in hell, making the victory a Pyrrhic one.

Phrase

see you in hell

  1. A farewell which implies that the person addressed is about to die and be damned; often uttered in bravado by one adversary to imply that the other adversary may defeat them in some conflict but in the end both will be dead and in hell, making the victory a Pyrrhic one.
    • "See you in hell, candy boys!"1994 November 27, Greg Daniels, “Homer Badman”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castallaneta), production code 2F06

Questions about see you in hell

What does see you in hell mean?
See you in hell means a farewell which implies that the person addressed is about to die and be damned; often uttered in bravado by one adversary to imply that the other adversary may defeat them in some conflict but in the end both will be dead and in hell, making the victory a Pyrrhic one.
What part of speech is see you in hell?
See you in hell is a phrase.

Words near see you in hell in the dictionary

  1. see with half an eye
  2. see ya
  3. see yellow
  4. see you
  5. see you around
  6. see you in hell
  7. see you in the funny pages
  8. see you in the funny papers
  9. see you Jimmy hat
  10. see you Jimmy hats
  11. see you later

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