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.
See also: damnedest

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Demyandyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)Russian, Ukrainian
Ventseslav-Bulgarian
Citlali-Native American, Nahuatl
Hedvig-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Breannebree-ANEnglish (Modern)
Pelageyapye-lah-GYE-yah, pee-lah-GYE-yahRussian