Etymology

go to hell

Today it means: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, hell. Full definition →

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The third sense is first attested in Shakespeare. The second sense is a variation of older go to the devil. The literal sense is attested since Old English with various verbs for "to go".

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