give a darn
idiom
variants
or less commonly care a darn
chiefly US, informal
: to care at all about someone or something
—used in negative statements
I don't give a darn what people say about me.
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Peters is blatant and just doesn’t give a darn.
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“Give a darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20a%20darn. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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