the hell with it

interjection

Forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something.

“I can't understand these directions to building this doghouse because they're so poorly written. The hell with it!”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. Forget about it; a disgusted or frustrated dismissal of something.

    I can't understand these directions to building this doghouse because they're so poorly written. The hell with it!

    1 more example

    “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”

    2022 October 15, “‘The hell with it’: Elon Musk says SpaceX will fund Starlink internet in Ukraine”, in The Guardian

Translations

French au diable
  • au diableforget about it
German zur Hölle mit
  • zur Hölle mitforget about it
Irish breast é
  • breast éforget about it
Cite this entry
APA

the hell with it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20hell%20with%20it

MLA

“the hell with it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20hell%20with%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the hell with it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20hell%20with%20it.

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