be damned
idiom
—used to say in a forceful way that one does not care about something
I'm going to do it, the consequences be damned.
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Many members of Congress are deep into ensuring their own re-elections, principles be damned (if any).
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
This includes trips to Paris, Usher concerts, and prosaic outings to the grocery store, photographers be damned.
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Critics be damned, John Waters is not afraid to drop a cinematic hot take.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Though painfully aware of how far her reality is from his, Zoe thrills to secretly dating Zach, stirring old feelings and an insidious idea: why not base her next thriller on Zach and his world, NDA be damned?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
This includes trips to Paris, Usher concerts, and prosaic outings to the grocery store, photographers be damned.
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Critics be damned, John Waters is not afraid to drop a cinematic hot take.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Though painfully aware of how far her reality is from his, Zoe thrills to secretly dating Zach, stirring old feelings and an insidious idea: why not base her next thriller on Zach and his world, NDA be damned?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Be damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20damned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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