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give a damn (third-person singular simple present gives a damn, present participle giving a damn, simple past gave a damn, past participle given a damn)
- (sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative, idiomatic, informal) To be concerned about, have an interest in, to care (about something).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:care
He doesn't give a damn about your child's painting, he's just interested in the gold frame.
If she actually gave a damn what the law said, she wouldn't have stolen the car in the first place, now would she?
1970, “Cherrystones”, in Outlaw, performed by Eugene McDaniels:Long as I have my clams I don't give a damn about revolution
1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 47:My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.
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