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hell to pay
Idioms and Phrases
Great trouble, as in If we're wrong there'll be hell to pay . [c. 1800]Example Sentences
In December, he said there would be "all hell to pay" if hostages were not released by the time he took office.
He took to Truth Social to call it "sick and twisted" and warn that if members didn't release all the hostages there would be "hell to pay".
The president warned residents of Gaza to leave and said there would be "hell to pay" if all hostages weren't released.
He had publicly warned of "hell to pay" if Hamas did not agree to release the hostages.
Trump had also warned of "all hell to pay" if Hamas did not agree to release the hostages - but the Palestinian official was bullish.
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