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give a crap

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Definition of give a crap

informal + impolite
: to care at all about someone or something
  • Who gives a crap?
—usually used in negative statements
  • She doesn't give a crap about us.

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give play

  1. : to make a present of

  2. : to grant or bestow by formal action

  3. : to accord or yield to another

  1. : capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain : flexibility

  2. : the ability of a material to bend or stretch

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