give a damn (about (someone/something))

to be interested or involved.

He sent his son to parochial school because he believes that those schools give a damn.

Usage notes: also used with verbs like could and might to mean someone is not concerned about something:

A significant portion of kids in class could give a damn.

• a seven-day wonder
• a sex kitten
• a sex object
• as far as
• as far as are concerned
• as far as goes
• as far as I can see
• as far as possible
• as far as something goes
• as far as you are concerned
• as follows
• as free as a bird
• as good as
• as good as new
• a shadow of former self
• a shadow of its former self
• a shadow of your former self
• a shaggy dog story
• as happy as a clam
• a shelf life
• as hell
• a shell game
• a shirt-lifter
• a shit-eating grin
• a shit-stirrer