to hell and gone

to hell and gone
to hell and gone
1. Inf. very much gone; lost completely. (Use

hell

with caution.) •

All my hard work is to hell and gone.

When you see everything you've planned to hell and gone, you get kind of angry.

2. Go to all over creation.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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