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Phrase(s): shoot someone or something (all) to hell
1. Lit. to destroy someone or something with gunfire. (Use discretion with hell.) • Fred shot the crook to hell with his machine gun. • The farm boys had shot the stop sign all to hell. 2. Fig. to destroy, exhaust, or damage someone or something. • The hard work in the morning shot me all to hell for the rest of the day. • You shot my ideas to hell.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs