do (one's) damnedest

To try one's hardest (to do something). Traffic out here is terrible, but we'll do our damnedest to get there on time. I'm doing my damnedest to get an A in this class, even though I'm terrible at math.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petrina	pə-TREE-nə	English (Rare)
Halvard	-	Norwegian
Hardmod	-	Ancient Germanic
Judith	JOO-dith (English), zhoo-DEET (French), YOO-dit (German)	English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
Yakov	YAH-kahf (Russian)	Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
Bower	['bauə]