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- do (one's) damnedest
do (one's) damnedest
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Sukhrab | | - | Kazakh, Kyrgyz |
| Alim | | - | Arabic, Uyghur |
| Euthymios | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Andromache | | ahn-dro-mah-ke (Ancient Greek) | Greek Mythology |
| Lionel | | lee-o-NEL (French), LIE-nəl (English) | French, English |
| Aloysius | | al-ə-WISH-əs | English |