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Hell To Pay

Definition: Hell To Pay

Hell To Pay

Noun

1. Dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



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Crosswords: Hell To Pay

Specialty definitions using "hell to pay": tariff. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hell To Pay

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, he'd better have those units in the South Ridge repaired by midday, or there'll be hell to pay. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

Lyrics

Before there's hell to pay. ("Criminal"; performing artist: Fiona Apple)

Movie/TV Titles

Hell to Pay (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hell To Pay

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hell to pay

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Hell To Pay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-l-o-p-t-y"

-1 letter: allotype.

-2 letters: loathly, playlet, tallyho, taphole.

-3 letters: alphyl, hallot, hyetal, lately, lealty, lethal, loathe, palely, pallet, pelota, peyotl, phylae, phyllo, phytol, teapoy.

-4 letters: aleph, alley, allot, alloy, altho, aptly, atoll, atopy, ethyl, hallo, haole, haply, hello, helot, holey, holla, holly, hotel, hotly, hoyle, lapel, lathe, lathy, leapt, lepta, loath, lotah, loyal, palet, pally, patly, peaty, petal, phyla, phyle, plate, platy, pleat, tally, telly, tepal, tepoy, thole, tolyl, tophe, typal.

-5 letters: ahoy, ally, aloe, alto, atop, eath, epha, haet, hale, hall, halo, halt, hate, heal, heap, heat, hell, helo, help, hole, holp, holt, holy, hope, hoya, hyla, hype, hypo, hyte, late, lath, leal, leap, lept, lope, lota, loth, oath, olea, olla, opah, opal, pale, pall, paly, pate, path, paty, peal, peat, pelt, phat, phot, plat, play, plea, plot, ploy, poet, pole, poll, poly, tael, tale, tall, tape, teal, tela, tell, tepa, thae, they, toea, tola, tole, toll, tope, toph, type, typo, yeah, yell, yelp.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-l-o-p-t-y"
 

+2 letters: allelopathy, apophyllite, phyllotaxes, thallophyte.

 

+3 letters: apophyllites, phonetically, photolyzable, phyllotaxies, thallophytes.

 

+4 letters: anthophyllite, metallography, orthoepically, prophetically.

 

+5 letters: anthophyllites, blepharoplasty, hypothetically, metaphorically, orthopedically, paleopathology, phenotypically, photogenically, polytheistical, prosthetically, telephonically, theosophically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hell To Pay


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6C 6C      54 6F      50 61 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01010100 01101111 00100000 01010000 01100001 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#32 &#84 &#111 &#32 &#80 &#97 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006C 006C      0054 006F      0050 0061 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42717878254812506791

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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