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go to the devil

Verb

Meaning

go to the devil (third-person singular simple present goes to the devil, present participle going to the devil, simple past went to the devil, past participle gone to the devil)

To figuratively go to a bad or unpleasant place or situation; used in expressions of contempt or angry dismissal.
I never want to see my ex-wife again. She can go to the devil for all I care.

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Examples

If it was a sin for you to choose me... then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it. Diana Gabaldon

you can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've been to the Devil and he's a very dull fellow. I won't go there again, not even for you. Margaret Mitchell

I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way. Robert Louis Stevenson

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