like hell

idiom

informal + impolite

1

: very much

My back hurts like hell.

2

: with a lot of energy and speed

We've been working like hell since morning.

3

: very bad

This place looks like hell.

4

—used to say in an angry and forceful way that one will not do something, does not agree, etc.

"It's your fault!" "Like hell it is!"

Examples of like hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Through it all, McDonough says his mission has remained the same: Be transparent, be accountable and fight like hell for vets. —USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024

All of which had hurt like hell, but never enough to sink me to the floor. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024

This team lost #9 and still fought like hell for each other. —Mike Bass Special To The Cincinnati Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024

My adrenal glands were pumping their juices with a frequency that felt like hell on earth. —Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023

Insert a safety wick into the bottle, light it and run like hell. —Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023

Safety wise, the advice is the same: don’t feed them, don’t swim in their habitat, and if one charges you, run like hell. —Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023