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as be damned

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. As possible

    As possible; to the greatest extent.

    • I sud ha' been here as early as Maistress McCorkindale, but my devils o' boatmen are as stupid as mules, and as lazy as be damned.
    • “But they were as fit as be-damned when I left them!” said Bobby. “Then you'd better make them as fit as be-damned when you rejoin,” said the Major, brutally.
    • He did very little shoutin', and was as calm as be-damned, but you could see he was boilin' up inside with excitement.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for as be damned. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA