give a damn

phrase

variants or less commonly care 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.

Examples of give a damn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its most melancholy scene of all involves Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who has given his unnamed company the best years of his now weary life, walking into the head office only to be humiliated by the callow young man who now runs his company and could not give a damn about him. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026

Businessmen couldn’t give a damn who was in power. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026

The team’s inability to play defense — and not give a damn — drove Malone bonkers. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026

At least the Warriors, for all their flaws, seem to give a damn about their failures. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025

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