damn near

idiom

informal + impolite
: just about : almost
He damn near killed us!

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His performance was stunning — nuanced, emotional, damn near perfect. Charlie Mason, TVLine, 28 Apr. 2025 Ever since best human actor became one big genderless category — 20 lead actors and 20 supporting actors — handicapping the contest has gotten damn near impossible. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025 This modest study of unlikely community found at the end of the world — or damn near close enough — gains a more mythic sweep as the island is faced with a perilous storm, expected to bring destructive flooding on a scale not seen in eons, and this ragtag crew must weather it together. Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025 None of it mattered because Kliff Kingsbury called damn near a perfect game and Jayden Daniels executed damn near perfectly under center. David Aldridge, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for damn near

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“Damn near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damn%20near. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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