the hell out of
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[edit]the hell out of (not comparable)
- (sometimes vulgar) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:the hell out of
- 1993, Susan Powter, Stop the Insanity! Eat, Breathe, Move, Change the Way You Look and Feel—Forever:
- 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....
- 2004, William Upski Wimsatt, Adrienne Brown, How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power:
- 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, Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder:
- Am I supposed to be like my mother? Crying all the time, manipulating the hell out of him, out of us?
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: UNC: Espionage Probe:
- Now that you're above ground, your suit radio has reestablished connection with the Normandy. Time to get the hell out of here.
- 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[1], →ISSN:
- “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.