SINCE 1828
give a damn
idiom
variants:
or less commonly care a damn
Definition of give a damn
: to care at all about someone or something
—used in negative statements He doesn't give a damn what people think about him.Nobody gives a damn about us.I don't want to hear about her problems. I just don't give a damn.They don't seem to care a damn about their future.
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