go to the devil


go to the devil

1. To be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. Our project went to the devil after our funding was cut. With the way he's running things, the company is going to the devil.2. To fall into moral degradation. It seems like our country is going to the devil! No one has any basic decency anymore.3. An exclamation of anger, annoyance, or exasperation. If you can't be bothered to run our business like a professional, then you can go to the devil, for all I care!See also: devil, go

go to the ˈdevil!

(old-fashioned, spoken) used, in an unfriendly way, to tell somebody to go awaySee also: go

Go to the devil!

verbSee Go to blazes!See also: go

go to the devil

1. To be unsuccessful; fail.2. To become depraved.3. Used in the imperative to express anger or impatience.See also: devil, go