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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And don’t give a damn about what your neighbor thinks. —

Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024 Outside of that, Reign doesn’t give a damn how a game goes. —

Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 19 July 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for give a damn