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play hell with

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Verb

play hell with (third-person singular simple present plays hell with, present participle playing hell with, simple past and past participle played hell with)

  1. Synonym of play the devil with.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14:
      For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door.
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