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the hell out of en · ADV

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  1. (not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
    • “So, the deal is very simple,” Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday. “If they shoot at ships, we’re going to knock the hell out of them,” added the vice president, who opposed the initial Feb. 28 attack but has since been tasked with defending the war and negotiating a way out of it. 2026 July 10, David E. Sanger, quoting JD Vance, “Bombing and a Tentative Accord Didn’t Work. Does Trump Have a Plan C for Iran?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Am I supposed to be like my mother? Crying all the time, manipulating the hell out of him, out of us? 2004, Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder:
    • There were days where we would just pick up our coats, leave one person in the office, and head into an area that was weak and door-knock the hell out of it. 2004, William Upski Wimsatt, Adrienne Brown, How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power:
    • How about eliminating all the stupid choreography you've got us doing—which doesn't do a damn thing, other than confuse the hell out of most people.... 1993, Susan Powter, Stop the Insanity! Eat, Breathe, Move, Change the Way You Look and Feel—Forever:
    • Now that you're above ground, your suit radio has reestablished connection with the Normandy. Time to get the hell out of here. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: UNC: Espionage Probe:

Relateds

extremely · the dickens · completely

Synonyms

the living shit out of · the piss out of · the living daylights out of · the pants off · the socks off · the bejesus out of · the hell out of · the daylight out of · the pantaloons off · seven bells out of · the fuck out of · the snot out of · the dickens out of · the poop out of · the crap out of · the shit out of · the stuffings out of · the life out of · the heck out of · the fuckola out of · the living crap out of · seven hells out of · the devil out of · the daylights out of · the bejeebers out of · the flying fuck out of · the tar out of · the stuffing out of · the pants off of