ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE

Meaning of ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE in English

people did crazy things, everybody was fighting

When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE — ( informal ) suddenly there was a lot of noise, arguing, fighting or confusion : There was a loud bang …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE — произошел большой скандал, были большие неприятности и т.п.
Dirty English-Russian vocab
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE — people did crazy things, everybody was fighting When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.
English Idioms vocab
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English loos, lous, from Old Norse lauss loose, free — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELL — I. ˈhel noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROKE — I. ˈbrōk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English broc break in the skin, from Old English broc trouble, fragment, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALL — I. ˈȯl adjective Etymology: Middle English al, all, from Old English all, eall; akin to Old High German al all, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOSE — — loosely , adv. — looseness , n. /loohs/ , adj., looser, loosest , adv. , v. loosed, loosing . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELL — — hell-like , adj. /hel/ , n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKE — /brohk/ , v. 1. a pt. of break . 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of break . 3. Archaic. a pp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALL — /awl/ , adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( loos·er ; loos·est ) Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old Norse lauss; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOSE — vi to set sail. 2. loose ·noun freedom from restraint. 3. loose ·noun a letting go; discharge. 4. loose ·superl …
Webster English vocab
HELL — vt a gambling house. 2. hell ·vt to overwhelm. 3. hell ·vt a place where outcast persons or things are …
Webster English vocab
BROKE — imp. & ·p.p. of break. 2. broke ·- of break. 3. broke ·impf of break. 4. broke ·vi to transact …
Webster English vocab
LOOSE — [loose] adj loos.er ; loos.est [ME lous, fr. ON lauss; akin to OHG los loose--more at -less] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELL — [hell] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE helan to conceal, OHG helan, L celare, Gk kalyptein] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROKE — [broke] past of break [2]broke adj [ME, alter. of broken] (1710): penniless
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELL — the abode or state of being of evil spirits or souls that are damned to postmortem punishment. Derived from an …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOOSE — loose BrE AmE luːs ▷ loosed luːst ▷ looser ˈluːs ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ looses ˈluːs ɪz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROKE — Broke BrE AmE brʊk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROKE — broke BrE AmE brəʊk AmE \ broʊk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOOSE — / luːs; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( loos·er , loos·est ) NOT FIXED / TIED …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — / hel; NAmE / noun 1. [ sing. ] (usually Hell ) (used without a or the ) in some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — / brəʊk; NAmE broʊk/ adjective [ not before noun ] ( informal ) having no money : I'm always broke …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — / ɔːl; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. (used with plural nouns. The noun may have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOSE — I. loose 1 S3 W3 /luːs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: lauss ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HELL — I. hell 1 S1 W3 /hel/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . WHEN YOU DIE [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BROKE — I. broke 1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ BrE AmE the past tense of ↑ break II. broke 2 BrE AmE adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALL — I. all 1 S1 W1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ BrE AmE determiner , predeterminer , pronoun 1 . the whole of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. øgo for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. go for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Oxford English vocab
HELL — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. Phrases and idioms: go for broke sl. risk everything in …
Oxford English vocab
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Oxford English vocab
LOOSE — ( looser, loosest, looses, loosing, loosed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — ( hells) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, hell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are broke , you have no money. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use all to indicate that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are ~, you have no money. (INFORMAL) What …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOOSE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a loose alliance (= not strong ) ▪ A loose alliance of opposition groups …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (as) mad as hell (= a rude way of saying very angry ) cast sb …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BROKE — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES broke into a gallop (= begin to go very fast ) ▪ The horses broke …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALL — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES above all (else) (= used to say that something is more important than anything …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOSE — (NOT FIXED) [adjective] -r, -st - not firmly fixed in placeThere were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.I'd …
Cambridge English vocab
HELL — (EXPRESSION) exclamation, [noun] [U] - used to express anger or to give emphasis to an expressionOh hell, I've forgotten my …
Cambridge English vocab
LOOSE — Synonyms and related words : Bohemian, Paphian, abandoned, abate, absonant, adrift, affable, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aid, aimless, aleatoric, aleatory, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROKE — Synonyms and related words : bankrupt, beat, beggared, broken, busted, dead, destitute, down-and-out, failed, flat, flat broke, hard up, impoverished, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Slang English vocab
BROKE — the perfection of ugliness. Example: Ed: Oh Lord, that girl is busted! Ted: No bro, she's broke.
Slang English vocab
LOOSE — adj. hang loose loose lipped loose tongued
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BROKE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: POOR 1, beggared, destitute, dirt poor, flat, indigent, needy, stone-broke, stony, strapped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOSE — I. adjective 1. not tightly bound, held, restrained, or stretched loose rope Synonyms: lax, relaxed, slack Related Word: detached, free; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROKE — adjective Synonyms: poor 1, beggared, destitute, dirt poor, flat, indigent, needy, stone-broke, stony, strapped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSE — INDEX: 1. loose clothes 2. ways of saying that clothes become looser 3. to make clothes looser 4. a loose …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOSE — adj. 25B6; adjective a loose floorboard : NOT FIXED IN PLACE, not secure, unsecured, unattached; detached, unfastened; wobbly, unsteady, movable. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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