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to hell and gone

to hell and gone adverb: done to a very great degree or distance.

Adverb

to hell and gone

  1. Done to a very great degree or distance.
    • "I got some treatment at the Emergency ward and came home. I was worried to Hell an' gone about you, but after a while the telephone started ringing. Police and FBI."1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 85

Questions about to hell and gone

What does to hell and gone mean?
To hell and gone means done to a very great degree or distance.
What part of speech is to hell and gone?
To hell and gone is an adverb.

Words near to hell and gone in the dictionary

  1. to have and to hold
  2. to heck in a handbasket
  3. to heel
  4. to hell
  5. to hell and back
  6. to hell and gone
  7. to hell in a handbasket
  8. to hell in a handcart
  9. to hell with
  10. to high heaven
  11. To Kwa Wan

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