to hell with

phrase

informal + impolite
—used to say in a forceful and angry way that one does not care about someone or something
They want me to stop, but to hell with them! I'll do what I want to do!

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Bowing to popular demand, Fennell’s lackluster film doesn’t really bother with the stylistic flourishes of the source — this is really just the Cathy and Heathcliffe show, two awful people competing to destroy each other and threatening to take us to hell with them into the bargain. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026 But this is the only way for the Dems to redraw in New York before the 2026 midterms, so to hell with everything else. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026 Hellboy said to hell with it, and got right down on one knee. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026 If the poem were merely a wish that the world is like this, a pretty imagining, then to hell with it. — Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to hell with

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“To hell with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20hell%20with. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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