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

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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