play hell with en · VERB
Meanings
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Synonym of play the devil with.
For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plays hell with | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| playing hell with | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| played hell with | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| played hell with | Tense=Past | lexicographic |