"go-to-hell" meaning in English

See go-to-hell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go-to-hell.wav Forms: go-to-hells [plural]
Etymology: See go to hell. Head templates: {{en-noun}} go-to-hell (plural go-to-hells)
  1. a type of slacks that have garish colors or patterns Wikipedia link: Go-to-hell pants Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-go-to-hell-en-noun-G75CqPcs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021, Véronique Hyland, “The Impolite Return of \"Go-To-Hell Pants\"”, in Elle:",
          "text": "Daly, Hadid, and Shayk, who have probably never all been mentioned in the same sentence before, are all working in the proud tradition of, as preppies would say, \"go-to-hell pants.\"",
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