(deyim) 1. Used as an intensive: "He ran like hell to catch the bus."2. Used to express strong contradiction or refusal: "He says he's going along with usLike hell he is!"
used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated; "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!
with great speed or effort or intensity; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"