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the hell with it

the hell with it interjection: forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something.

Interjection

  1. Forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something.
    • I can't understand these directions to building this doghouse because they're so poorly written. The hell with it!
    • “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”2022 October 15, “‘The hell with it’: Elon Musk says SpaceX will fund Starlink internet in Ukraine”, in The Guardian

Questions about the hell with it

What does the hell with it mean?
The hell with it means forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something.
What part of speech is the hell with it?
The hell with it is an interjection.

Words near the hell with it in the dictionary

  1. the heavens open
  2. the heck
  3. the heck out of
  4. the hell
  5. the hell out of
  6. the hell with it
  7. the hell you say
  8. the helly
  9. the highest branch is not the safest roost
  10. The Hill
  11. The Hills

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