the pits

Definitions of the pits
  1. noun
    any place of pain and turmoil
    “when you're alone Christmas is the pits”
    synonyms: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit
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    type of:
    part, region
    the extended spatial location of something
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