give a damn
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Nobody would ever give a damn about Cats in Hats or Green Eggs and Ham, and the world wouldn't have a golden goose - the madly magnificent Dr. Seuss.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“The people driving this don’t give a damn about the average investor. They’re saying, ‘This is the biggest pot of money that we don’t have our fingers in yet, so let’s go get it.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Some laugh at it and others take umbrage with the criticism thus proving they really do give a damn.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025
“It’s the truth. I could give a damn what people think how anything sounds or sounds like. The truth is the truth, and I know the truth.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
It looked as though it had been there for weeks, maybe months, but he didn’t know Sorenson well enough to mention it, nor, for that matter, did he give a damn.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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