like hell

idiom

informal + impolite

1

: very much

My back hurts like hell.

2

: with a lot of energy and speed

We've been working like hell since morning.

3

: very bad

This place looks like hell.

4

—used to say in an angry and forceful way that one will not do something, does not agree, etc.

"It's your fault!" "Like hell it is!"

Examples of like hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lyrics don’t have the same toothy bite as Pink Floyd’s early work (those were mostly written by a certain ex-bandmate that Gilmour has been running like hell from in recent years), but the philosophical nature of his questioning is a throughline to his past. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024

And don’t forget — everything will be running like hell. —John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024

Some farmers will take the deal, but their neighbors might fight like hell to stop you. —Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024

All my clothes are soaked and my back hurts like hell. —Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024

Through it all, McDonough says his mission has remained the same: Be transparent, be accountable and fight like hell for vets. —USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024

All of which had hurt like hell, but never enough to sink me to the floor. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024

This team lost #9 and still fought like hell for each other. —Mike Bass Special To The Cincinnati Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024

My adrenal glands were pumping their juices with a frequency that felt like hell on earth. —Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023