in heaven's name

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in heaven's name

  1. (idiomatic) An intensifier, chiefly used with questions.
    What in heaven's name are you doing?
    Who in heaven's name told you to do that?
    Where in heaven's name are my darn shoes?
    • 2017 March, Jacky Dahlhaus, “Freedom”, in Raising a Vampire (Suckers; 2), 2nd edition, Folla Fiction Publishing, →ISBN, page 256:
      In heaven’s name, get your hair out of his face! I pushed my hair behind my ears.

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