get hell
1get hell — catch/get hell American & Australian, informal if you are going to catch hell, someone will be very angry with you. We re going to catch hell when she finds out we used her car …
2get hell — ► get (or give) hell informal receive (or give) a severe reprimand. Main Entry: ↑hell …
3get hell — [B] receive a scolding, catch hell [B], get it He got hell for breaking a glass. Mrs. Fisk told him he was bad …
4get hell — informal be severely reprimanded. → hell …
5hell — like, adj. /hel/, n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus. 2. any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father s life a hell on earth. 3.… …
6hell — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL ON WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER …
7hell — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL ON WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER …
8hell — [hel] n. [ME helle < OE hel (akin to Ger hölle, hell & ON Hel, the underworld goddess, HEL) < base of helan, to cover, hide < IE base * k̑el , to hide, cover up > L celare, to hide] 1. [often H ] Bible the place where the spirits of… …
9hell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Abode of the damned Nouns 1. hell, Hades, place of torment; Pandemonium, Tophet; Gehenna, Sheol; hellfire, everlasting fire, fire and brimstone or damnation, inferno, perdition; underworld; purgatory,… …
10hell — n. (colloq.) the netherworld 1) go to hell! scolding 2) to catch, get hell 3) to give smb. hell misc. 4) a hell of a team ( an excellent team ); for the hell of it ( for no real reason ); to be hell on ( to be harmful to ); (BE; slang) bloody… …
