like hell

Adverb
  1. (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity;
    Used for emphasis (synset 400169587)
    "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "this sprain hurts like hell"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    same as: like crazy, like mad, like sin, like the devil, like thunder
  2. Used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated (synset 400169954)
    "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!"
    same as: like fun

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