ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE

Meaning of ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE in English

( informal ) suddenly there was a lot of noise, arguing, fighting or confusion :

There was a loud bang and then all hell broke loose.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE — people did crazy things, everybody was fighting When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.
English Idioms vocabulary
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. …
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ALL — /awl/ , adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the …
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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 …
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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 …
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BROKE — / brəʊk; NAmE broʊk/ adjective [ not before noun ] ( informal ) having no money : I'm always broke …
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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. …
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ALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
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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 …
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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. …
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