be damned
See also: bedamned
English
Phrase
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.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- One pull more and you're at the top, and be damned to you.
See also
- I'll be damned
- bedamn