be damned

See also: bedamned

English

Phrase

be damned

1. (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.

   • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 19:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022:

     However, even if he can't save Taffy 3, there are still the ships of the landing force to consider, and he orders Admiral Oldendorf to extract two destroyer squadrons, five cruisers, and the battleships Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania from wrapping-up operations in Surigao Strait and proceed at best speed north, fuel-and-ammunition-level concerns be damned.

See also

• I'll be damned
• bedamn

Anagrams

• bemadden