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Adverb: like hell
Usage: informal
  1. With great speed, effort or intensity; used for emphasis
    "worked like hell to get the job done"; "this sprain hurts like hell";
    - like mad [informal], like crazy [informal], like sin [informal], like thunder [informal], like the devil [informal]
     
  2. Used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
    "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!";
    - like fun [N. Amer, archaic]