go to the devil
English
Verb
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.
- 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 13:
- […] seem to imply that you are happy. I wonder if you are?—or if, like me, you are going rapidly to the devil!
See also
- go to hell
- go die in a fire
- go jump in the lake
- go jump off a cliff
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