raise hell see under raise¹

to hell with

An expression of angry disagreement with or intention to ignore, etc (someone or something)

what the hell

1. It does not matter
2. Who cares?
3. Used to express surprise

devil /devˈl or -il/

noun

1. An evil spirit
2. (with cap) the supreme spirit of evil
3. A wicked person
4. Reckless, lively person
5. (usu pitying) a fellow
6. An animal, thing, problem, difficult, etc to deal with
7. Someone who excels or exceeds in anything
8. A printer's devil
9. A drudge (esp law or literary)
10. A firework
11. A grilled or highly seasoned dish
12. A dust storm
13. Fighting spirit
14. A plumber's portable furnace
15. A machine of various kinds, esp for tearing
16. Used as a mild oath, an expression of impatience, irritation, etc, or a strong negative

transitive verb (devˈilling or (N American) devˈiling; devˈilled or (N American) devˈiled)

1. To season highly and broil
2. To worry or pester (N American)

intransitive verb

1. To perform another person's drudgery
2. To do very menial work

devˈildom noun

devˈiless noun

devˈilet, devˈiling or devˈling noun

1. A young devil
2. A swift (dialect)

devˈilish adjective

1. Fiendish, malignant
2. Very bad

adverb

Often /devˈlish/ (informal) very, exceedingly

devˈilishly adverb

devˈilishness noun

devˈilism noun

devˈilkin noun

devˈilled adjective

devˈilment noun

Frolicsome mischief

devˈilry noun

devˈilship noun

devˈiltry noun (US)

devˈil-crab noun

The velvet-crab

devˈil-dodger noun (slang)

1. A preacher, esp of the ranting kind
2. Someone who attends churches of various kinds, to be on the safe side

devˈilfish noun

1. The fishing-frog or angler
2. The giant ray of the United States
3. The octopus

devˈil-in-a-bush noun

A garden flower, love-in-a-mist

devˈil-may-careˈ adjective

Reckless, audacious

devˈil-on-the-neck noun

An old instrument of torture

devˈil-on-two-sticks noun

An older name for diabolo

devil's advocate noun

1. Advocatus diaboli, the Promoter of the Faith, an advocate at the papal court whose duty it is to propose objections against a canonization (RC)
2. A person who states the case against a proposal, course of action, etc, usu for the sake of argument

devˈil's-bit noun

A species of scabious (Succisa pratensis) with rootstock as if bitten off

devil's bones plural noun

Dice

devil's books plural noun

Playing-cards

devil's coach-horse noun

A large dark-coloured beetle (Staphylinus olens) that turns up its tail when threatened

devil's darning-needle noun (informal)

A dragonfly or damselfly

devil's dozen noun

Thirteen

devil's dung noun

Asafoetida

devil's dust noun

Shoddy made by a machine called the devil

devil's food cake noun (chiefly N American)

A kind of chocolate cake

devils on horseback plural noun

Prunes wrapped in bacon, grilled, and served on toast

devil's own noun

A name given to the 88th Regiment in the Peninsular War, also to the Inns of Court Volunteers

devil's picture books plural noun

(also in sing) same as devil's books above

devil's snuff-box noun

A puffball

devil's tattoo see under tattoo²

devˈil-worship noun

1. The worship of the Devil, or of devils
2. Satanism
3. The Yezidi religion

devˈil-worshipper noun

between the devil and the deep (blue) sea

1. In a desperate dilemma
2. Faced with alternatives that are equally undesirable

devil a bit, a one or a thing, etc

Not at all, not one, etc

devil of a mess

A very bad mess

devil take the hindmost

Take care of yourself and never mind about others

go to the devil

1. To become ruined
2. An interjection expressing angry dismissal or defiance

like the devil

Very hard or fast

play the devil

To make havoc (with)

printer's devil

1. The youngest apprentice in a printing office
2. A printer's errand-boy

raise hell or raise the devil see under raise¹

talk of the devil

Here comes the person we were talking of

the devil and all

1. Much fuss
2. Turmoil

the devil to pay

Serious trouble (as a consequence of an action, etc)

raise¹ /rāz/

transitive verb

1. To cause to rise
2. To make higher or greater
3. To lift
4. To exalt
5. To advance
6. To elevate
7. To cause to stand up or upright
8. To rouse
9. To stir up
10. To elate
11. To rear, grow or breed (children, animals, etc)
12. To produce
13. To give rise to
14. To build, erect
15. To bring into being
16. To bring to life (from the dead)
17. To utter (esp a question)
18. To establish
19. To institute
20. To bring forward into consideration or notice
21. To bring into relief
22. To intensify
23. To call up
24. To cause (land) to rise in view by approaching (nautical)
25. To contact by radio
26. To make a higher bid than (cards)
27. To levy, get together, collect (taxes, an army, etc)
28. To cause (a lump) to swell
29. To extol
30. To remove, take off
31. To produce a nap on

noun

1. An act of raising or lifting
2. A rising road
3. An increase in wages or salary (informal; esp N American)

raisˈable or raiseˈable adjective

raisˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that raises a building, etc
2. The riser of a step

raisˈing noun

raised beach noun (geology)

An old sea margin above the present water level

raised bog noun

A type of sphagnum bog, convex in shape and caused by the upward growth of vegetation and failure of dead plant material to decompose

raised pastry or raised pie noun

A pastry or pie without support of a dish at the sides

raisˈing-bee noun (US)

A gathering of neighbours to help in raising the frame of a house, etc

raise a hand to

To hit, or generally treat badly

raise an eyebrow or raise one's eyebrows

To look surprised (at)

raise a siege

To abandon, or put an end to, a siege

raise Cain or raise the roof (informal)

1. To make a lot of noise
2. To be extremely angry

raise hell or raise the devil (informal)

To make a lot of trouble

raise money on

To get money by pawning or selling, esp privately

raise one's glass

To drink a health (to)

raise one's hat

To take one's hat off in salutation (to)

raise the market (upon) (stock exchange)

To bring about a rise in prices (to the disadvantage of)

raise the wind (slang)

To get together the necessary money by any means