blazes

blazes
   hell
   The eternal fires burn sinners, without consuming the body or making it insensible to pain:
    You can count on J. B. to blazes and beyond. (Fraser, 1977)

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  • blazes — euphemism for Hell, 1818, plural of BLAZE (Cf. blaze) (n.1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • blazes — /ˈbleɪzəz/ (say blayzuhz) Colloquial –plural noun 1. hell. –phrase 2. go to blazes, (an exclamation of dismissal, contempt, anger, etc.) 3. (in) the (blue) blazes, (an intensifier): *Well what the blazes do you want to come in here looking like… …  

  • blazes — 1. noun hell Where the blazes were you? 2. adverb hellishly, extremely It gets blazes hot here in the summer …   Wiktionary

  • blazes — n. go to blazes! ( damn you! ) * * * go to blazes! ( damn you! ) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • blazes, go to —  1. Emph. refusal.  2. Go away. Go to hell.  3. to blazes with ... I have no interest in …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • blazes — Go to (blue) blazes …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Blazes Boylan — Hugh (“Blazes”) Boylan= Hugh (“Blazes”) Boylan is a fictional character from the James Joyce novel Ulysses. He is the manager for Marion Bloom’s upcoming concert in Belfast. Blazes Boylan is well known and well liked around town, but comes across …   Wikipedia

  • blazes, the (blue) —  Emph. addition to what? who? how?    ♣ What the blazes are you doing? …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • blazes — bleɪz n. flame; glowing light; ignition, flaring up v. flare up, ignite; glow, shine; be publicized …   English contemporary dictionary

  • blazes — informal used as a euphemism for ‘hell’. → blaze …   English new terms dictionary

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