- do your damnedest
- informal
to make your best effort to do something
We knew he would do his damnedest to get it to us on time.
English dictionary. 2014.
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do your damnedest — informal phrase to make your best effort to do something We knew he would do his damnedest to get it to us on time. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: damnedest * * * do your damnedest (or … Useful english dictionary
do your damnedest — do (your) damnedest to try very hard. This was the first time I volunteered for anything so I was going to do my damnedest to help … New idioms dictionary
try your damnedest — see ↑damnedest • • • Main Entry: ↑try … Useful english dictionary
do your damnedest (to do something) — do/try your ˈdamnedest (to do sth) idiom to try as hard as you can (to do sth) • She did her damnedest to get it done on time. Main entry: ↑damnedestidiom … Useful english dictionary
try your damnedest (to do something) — do/try your ˈdamnedest (to do sth) idiom to try as hard as you can (to do sth) • She did her damnedest to get it done on time. Main entry: ↑damnedestidiom … Useful english dictionary
damnedest — damned|est1 [ dæmdəst ] noun do your damnedest INFORMAL to make your best effort to do something: We knew he would do his damnedest to get it to us on time. damnedest damned|est 2 [ dæmdəst ] adjective OLD FASHIONED most strange or surprising:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
damnedest — [[t]dæ̱mdɪst[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to inf If you say that you will do your damnedest to achieve something, you mean that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even though you think that it will take a lot of effort. [INFORMAL,… … English dictionary
damnedest — adjective informal especially AmE 1 the damnedest thing/luck etc the most unusual or surprising thing etc: That machine was the damnedest thing you ever saw! 2 do your damnedest to try very hard to make something work or succeed: I ll do my… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — damned|est [ˈdæmdıst] adj spoken not polite 1.) do/try your damnedest to try very hard to do something ▪ I ll do my damnedest to fix it, but I can t promise anything. 2.) [only before noun] used to emphasize that something is unusual, surprising… … Dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — I UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] adjective old fashioned most strange or surprising People write to us about the damnedest things. II UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] noun do your damnedest … English dictionary
