like hell

Meaning

1. Oxford55% of films

   used for emphasis

   You pedal like hell!

2. Oxford35% of films

   used when you are refusing permission or saying that sth is not true

In the movies · 11

• I want to tell you something. I laughed like hell.Husbands and Wives1992
• I got it on spring break. Hurt like hell.Win Win2011
• Okay, here's the plan. We don't even stop. We ride like hell.Tremors1990
• Hurts like hell.Child's Play2019
• Oh! Yes, like hell.Horns2013
• You pedal like hell!World War Z2013
• Bled like hell.Mystic River2003
• Like hell you are.Unstoppable2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date
• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian

From the same entry

• all hell broke loose
• beat hell out of
• for the hell of it
• from hell
• get the hell out
• give hell
• go to hell in a handbasket
• hell for leather
• hell hath no fury
• hell or high water
• Hell's teeth
• a hell of a

More idioms

• out of your way
• cut to the chase
• to myself
• hold it
• on television
• in the distance
• be on the telephone
• more like
• be sick
• face to face with
• shame on you
• bring under control