LIKE HELL
Dictionary entry overview: What does like hell mean? • LIKE HELL (adverb)
The adverb LIKE HELL has 2 senses:
1. with great speed or effort or intensity
2. used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
Familiarity information: LIKE HELL used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIKE HELL (adverb)
Meaning:
With great speed or effort or intensity
Synonyms:
like crazy; like hell; like mad; like sin; like the devil; like thunder
Context examples:
drove like crazy / worked like hell to get the job done / ran like sin for the storm cellar / work like thunder / fought like the devil
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
Context example:
says he'll help me? Like hell he will!
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