give a good damn

verb

To give a damn

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Meanings

verbgive a good damn (third-person singular simple present gives a good damn, present participle giving a good damn, simple past gave a good damn, past participle given a good damn)

present singular third person gives a good damn · participle present giving a good damn · past gave a good damn · participle past given a good damn

  1. To give a damn

    The complicit solidarity of people who don't give a good damn about each other.

    1984 August 18, Susie Day, “Rude Lessons in NYC”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 12
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APA

give a good damn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20a%20good%20damn

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give a good damn,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20a%20good%20damn.

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