give a crap
idiom
informal + impolite
: to care at all about someone or something
Who gives a crap?
—usually used in negative statementsShe doesn't give a crap about us.
Examples of give a crap in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Carney allow readers to give a crap about the expansion of New York in the 1960s.
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Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2021
That comes from give a crap, toughness.
—oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2022
So this idea that Zeus wins but that place doesn't give a crap about Zeus or Tak Mashido [the engineer behind League champion Zeus].
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Did Google just not give a crap until now?
—Curtis Silver, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2021
That comes from give a crap, toughness.
—oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2022
So this idea that Zeus wins but that place doesn't give a crap about Zeus or Tak Mashido [the engineer behind League champion Zeus].
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Did Google just not give a crap until now?
—Curtis Silver, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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“Give a crap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20crap. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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