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damn well

Idioms

Also, damned well. Certainly, without doubt; emphatically. For example, You damn well better improve your grades, or I know damned well that he's leaving me out. The damn in this phrase is mainly an intensifier.

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damn well

“If you make a promise, you should keep it, and if you promise women you’re going to help them, then you damn well better do it,” Ms. Mace said.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

“They seem to be doing damn well without me,” O’Brien said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

Cancer is one of those things that organisms evolved to be able to deal with and suppress pretty damn well.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2021

Because she has to give her away, it’s going to damn well be exactly what her sister wants and deserves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2021

“You know damn well English is going to be first in line, because everybody’s going to talk to him first.”

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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