"like merry hell" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like merry hell, {{en-PP}} like merry hell
  1. (colloquial) With great vigour. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-like_merry_hell-en-prep_phrase-O-Pa7UG5

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