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

Recent Examples on the Web Unfortunately, the city doesn’t give a damn about her or her problems, otherwise there would have been a system in place for her already (and others). Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024 These Wall Street people don’t give a damn about us. Robert Stewart, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 June 2024 Some of us are still too young and beautiful to remember, or even give a damn, frankly, about the Big Blue from yesteryear. Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024 The chatter died down, but the indelible impression that the whole episode left about Zaslav was simple: This is a guy who, frankly, doesn’t give a damn about movies. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for give a damn 

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“Give a damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20damn. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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