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Hell For Leather 

1) taking on someone/something & beating them up badly.

2) going berzerk on someone/something
Jake went hell for leather at his opponent, landing punches after punches relentlessly.

Hell For Leather 

1) taking on someone/something & beating them up badly.

2) going berzerk on someone/something
Jake went hell for leather at his opponent, landing punches after punches relentlessly.

hell for leather 

Puggy McTerrible was going hell for leather and I couldn't quite believe my luck
hell for leather by pugsymalone December 27, 2011

Hell bent for leather 

Determined to accomplish a task at any price.
The Tory's were all hell bent for leather about passing the bill.
Hell bent for leather by J Stairwell September 30, 2010

hell bent for leather 

To be totally metal, generally related to Judas Priest, motorcycles, and being fast.
That dude looked like he was hell bent for leather.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026