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be damned

phrase

Definitions

  1. Used as an exclamation to express irritation with or reckless disregard of a person or…

    Used as an exclamation to express irritation with or reckless disregard of a person or thing.

    • All they care about is profit, the environment be damned.
    • One pull more and you're at the top, and be damned to you.
    • "Shoot and be damned, you skug!" exploded Nickle. "As soon as we can see, by God! you'll squeal for this pretty loudly."

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for 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