give a hoot

idiom

informal
: to care at all about someone or something
used in negative statements
I don't give a hoot about what they say.
I don't give two hoots about his problems.

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Go ahead and cry that makeup all over his nice blue shirt, Charity — Joey doesn't give a hoot! Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 July 2023 At the end of the day, though, atmospheric physics doesn’t give a hoot if carbon reductions come from China or the U.S. Time, 20 July 2023 Folks in Los Angeles County could not give a hoot about the Angels. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023 Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids. Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023 Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids. Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023 And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot. Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023 And while some people do give a hoot, litter is still easy to find. Jeff Kart, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021 Polls indicate that’s very possible — Democrats generally don’t give a hoot, and Republicans are energized. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021

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“Give a hoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20hoot. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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