"to hell with" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} to hell with
  1. (mildly vulgar) Used to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing. Tags: mildly, vulgar Translations (used to show displeasure): k čertu (Czech), helvettiin (Finnish), au diable (French), pokolba (Hungarian), persetan (Indonesian), fanculo (Italian), abbasso (Italian), al diavolo (Italian), وَڑْنا (vaṛnā) (Punjabi), al diablo con (Spanish), al carajo con (Spanish)
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        "(mildly vulgar) Used to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing."
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          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "k čertu"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "helvettiin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "au diable"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "pokolba"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "persetan"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "fanculo"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "abbasso"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "al diavolo"
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "vaṛnā",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "وَڑْنا"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "dă-o dracului f + de (name of thing or person)",
          "sense": "used to show displeasure"
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          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "al diablo con"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "used to show displeasure",
          "word": "al carajo con"
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      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "k čertu"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "pokolba"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "persetan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "fanculo"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "abbasso"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "al diavolo"
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "vaṛnā",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "وَڑْنا"
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      "note": "la dracu' + cu (name of thing or person)",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
      "word": "al diablo con"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "used to show displeasure",
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