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be damned

Meaning

be damned

(mildly vulgar, optative) 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.

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A laissez-faire back-slapper, Hammond sees the White House as a way to enrich himself and reward his cronies, Depression be damned. Source: Internet

Batman versus Doctor Doom is the sort of commission that sounds like a goofy, personal request, but I’ll be damned if John Paul Leon doesn’t make this matchup work. Source: Internet

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions,that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasurin unrighteousness” (2 Thess. Source: Internet

Another of Marinelli’s goals: continuing to separate herself as a renowned chef, gender be damned. Source: Internet

"Come on you rascals, you bloody backs, you lobster scoundrels, fire if you dare, G** damn you, fire and be damned, we know you dare not," one unidentified Boston man allegedly said to the soldiers. Source: Internet

During his final months, Phil’s greatest love was receiving visitors, COVID-19 be damned. Source: Internet

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