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I'll be damned! ⇨ I'll be damned!; well, I'm damned! used as a general-purpose exclamation; also as an intensification of a personal opinion UK, 1925
idiomI'll be damned!(also I'll be darned AmE)spoken said when you are very surprised:"They picked up my order form, and delivered that afternoon." "Well, I'll be damned."He married Julie's sister? I'll be darned.(I'll be) damned if sb/sth didn't do sth: I bought myself a bottle of that gourmet root beer to try, and damned if one of the kids didn't drink it.NoteSome American English speakers use 'darn' instead of 'damn', because they think 'damn' is offensive.
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