Collocations for "heck"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "heck" in context.
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heck
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- informal: [oh, ah], heck!
- informal: but heck, let's [try, do] it!
- informal: get the heck out of here!
- informal: get the heck off of me!
- informal: had a heck of a time (at)
- informal: that was one heck of a [show, performance]!
- informal: what the heck are you doing?
- informal: what the heck did you [say, do]?
- informal: what the heck is [that, this]?
- informal: what the heck?
- informal: a whole heck of a lot of
- informal: what the heck is going on?
- informal: there's not a heck of a lot you can do (about it)
- informal: that's a heck of a lot!
- informal: the heck with it!
'heck' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):