give a damn

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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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“Give a damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20damn. Accessed 1 Mar. 2021.

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