give a darn
variants: less commonly
care a darn
Definition of give a darn
chiefly US, informal
: to care at all about someone or something —used in negative statements I don't give a darn what people say about me.
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giveplay
: to make a present of
: to grant or bestow by formal action
: to accord or yield to another
: capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain : flexibility
: the ability of a material to bend or stretch
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darnplay
: to mend with interlacing stitches
: to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches
: to do darning
: a place that has been darned
: damned
: damn
: damn
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