damn near

idiom

informal + impolite
: just about : almost
He damn near killed us!

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Watching Jude Law play this difficult-man antihero, however, is what makes The Order go from good to damn near great. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 Its follow-up, Unlimited, would rectify that with a greater emphasis on long-form storytelling and a team that its creators managed to balance in a way that’s damn near a miracle. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 Even to the untrained eye the ball control, and eye-foot coordination, looked damn near perfect. Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024 The initial reception to Mommie Dearest (1981), however — still years away from being dubbed a camp classic and a drag-culture touchstone — damn near derailed it entirely. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for damn near 

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“Damn near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damn%20near. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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