give a damn
idiom
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
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The only people who should give a damn are those other members of the Luckiest Guys On Earth Club.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Do the mayor and the governor give a damn about you?
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
And don’t give a damn about what your neighbor thinks.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
Outside of that, Reign doesn’t give a damn how a game goes.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Do the mayor and the governor give a damn about you?
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
And don’t give a damn about what your neighbor thinks.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
Outside of that, Reign doesn’t give a damn how a game goes.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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“Give a damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20damn. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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