to hell and gone

adverb

Done to a very great degree or distance.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. Done to a very great degree or distance.

    "I got some treatment at the Emergency ward and came home. I was worried to Hell an' gone about you, but after a while the telephone started ringing. Police and FBI."

    1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 85
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APA

to hell and gone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20and%20gone

MLA

“to hell and gone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20and%20gone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to hell and gone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20and%20gone.

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