give a crap
idiom
informal + impolite
: to care at all about someone or something
Who gives a crap?
—usually used in negative statementsShe doesn't give a crap about us.
Examples of give a crap in a Sentence
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Policymakers are doing little to remedy the burden of housing costs, even for the most vulnerable, or to protect renters from landlords who—excuse my language—don’t give a crap about the people living under their roofs.
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is just a man that doesn’t give a crap what people say on social.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024
If the Israelis left Israel tomorrow, that whole area would become a perpetual war zone between Jordan, Syria and Egypt, and nobody would give a crap anymore about the Palestinians.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Carney allow readers to give a crap about the expansion of New York in the 1960s.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2021
That comes from give a crap, toughness.
—oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2022
So this idea that Zeus wins but that place doesn't give a crap about Zeus or Tak Mashido [the engineer behind League champion Zeus].
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Did Google just not give a crap until now?
—Curtis Silver, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This is just a man that doesn’t give a crap what people say on social.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024
If the Israelis left Israel tomorrow, that whole area would become a perpetual war zone between Jordan, Syria and Egypt, and nobody would give a crap anymore about the Palestinians.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Carney allow readers to give a crap about the expansion of New York in the 1960s.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2021
That comes from give a crap, toughness.
—oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2022
So this idea that Zeus wins but that place doesn't give a crap about Zeus or Tak Mashido [the engineer behind League champion Zeus].
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Did Google just not give a crap until now?
—Curtis Silver, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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“Give a crap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20crap. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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