seven hells out of en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
‘An’ th’ dumblasted rascal hed to go an’ git gay wi’ June. Dick turned to an’ hammered seven hells out o’ his mug an’ hove him out on deck—’
1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 274:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| the seven hells out of | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
the piss out of · seven hells out of · the living crap out of · seven bells out of · the stuffing out of · the fuckola out of · the hell out of · the dickens out of · the pantaloons off · the heck out of · the shit out of · the living shit out of · the socks off · the bejeebers out of · the devil out of · the flying fuck out of · the snot out of · the life out of · the poop out of · the living daylights out of · the fuck out of · the bejesus out of · the stuffings out of · the crap out of · the daylight out of · the daylights out of · the pants off of · the tar out of · the hell out of · seven bells out of · the pants off