be damned
idiom
—used to say in a forceful way that one does not care about something
I'm going to do it, the consequences be damned.
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Barbara Lerner Spectre: Jews lead Europe’s multicultural shift, resentment be damned.
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Ben Goggin, NBC news, 8 July 2025
And Duke bigs — (Dereck) Lively was undervalued, and he’s turned out to be damned good.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Wilson had always been a stickler in the studio, the perfectionist who kept repeating takes, bean-counters be damned, until the song felt right.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 18 June 2025
A certain breed of cinephile might read this and think that the prospect of current Al Pacino playing a borderline senile exorcist with a thick German accent in a cheap B-movie is enough to guarantee a campy good time, narrative flaws be damned.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
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Ben Goggin, NBC news, 8 July 2025
And Duke bigs — (Dereck) Lively was undervalued, and he’s turned out to be damned good.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Wilson had always been a stickler in the studio, the perfectionist who kept repeating takes, bean-counters be damned, until the song felt right.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 18 June 2025
A certain breed of cinephile might read this and think that the prospect of current Al Pacino playing a borderline senile exorcist with a thick German accent in a cheap B-movie is enough to guarantee a campy good time, narrative flaws be damned.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
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“Be damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20damned. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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