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.
Synonyms
Examples
A laissez-faire back-slapper, Hammond sees the White House as a way to enrich himself and reward his cronies, Depression be damned.
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.
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.
Another of Marinelli’s goals: continuing to separate herself as a renowned chef, gender be damned.
"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.
During his final months, Phil’s greatest love was receiving visitors, COVID-19 be damned.