the hell out of

US /ðə hɛl aʊt əv/

UK /ðə hɛl aʊt əv/

1.

used for emphasis, meaning 'very much' or 'a lot'

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I'm going to scare the hell out of him.

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She loves her new car the hell out of it.

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hell for the hell of it a hell of a like a bat out of hell raise hell like hell hell's bells