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Phrase(s): *the devil
Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; catch ~; give someone ~.) • Bill is always getting the devil about something. • I’m late. If I don’t get home soon, I’ll catch the devil!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun VERB + DEVIL believe in Do you believe in the Devil? | worship | be possessed by He behaved like someone possessed by devils. | exorcize DEVIL + NOUN worship | worshipper PHRASES the devil incarnate (figurative) His strong left-wing views make him the devil incarnate to more extreme Conservatives.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with DEVIL, Also see BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE (DEVIL AND DEEP BLUE SEA); FULL OF IT (THE DEVIL); GIVE SOMEONE HELL (THE DEVIL); GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE; GO TO HELL (THE DEVIL); LUCK OF THE DEVIL; PLAY THE DEVIL WITH; RAISE CAIN (THE DEVIL); SPEAK OF THE DEVIL.
American Heritage Idioms
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There is a devil in all people.
Simple Definitions