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pave the road to hell

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To lead to a disaster by acting with good intentions.

idiomatic

Examples

“In the other direction, treatments that were decried in their time as paving the road to hell, including vaccination, transfusions, anesthesia, artificial insemination, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilization, have⟳ become⟳ unexceptional boons to human well-being.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

pave the way paved paved the road to hell paved the way pavéed pavéing

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