care a hoot

idiom

informal
: to care at all about someone or something
used in negative statements
I don't care a hoot about what they say.
I don't care two hoots about his problems.

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Despite strong evidence that the average voter in the presidential election doesn’t care a hoot about international trade policy, Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance have been promising to step up Trump’s tariff war with China. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024

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“Care a hoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20a%20hoot. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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