do (one's) darndest

To put forth the utmost amount of energy or effort toward some task or goal. A more polite version of "do one's damndest." Money is a little tight at the moment, but I'll do my darndest to be there for your wedding. I'm doing my darndest to get a passing grade in this class. I did my darndest to try and fix it, but this old engine is beyond repair, man.

do (one's) darnedest

To put forth the utmost amount of energy or effort toward some task or goal. A more polite version of "do one's damnedest." Money is a little tight at the moment, but I'll do my darnedest to be there for your wedding. I'm doing my darnedest to get a passing grade in this class. I did my darnedest to try and fix it, but this old engine is beyond repair, man.

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You have to hand it to economists - they say the darndest things.

Trying to spot the next recession before it arrives

PIONEER TALK SHOW HOST, ART LINKLETTER, had a segment on his CBS TV show, House Party (1952-1969) called "Kids Say the Darndest Things." Mr.

Students say the darndest things

But despite this setback we will be trying our darndest in every race."

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I'm so glad you're enjoying it, and our editors do their darndest to keep things interesting and up-to-date.

Detective special refurbish

From off-putting entrances to complicated layouts to bizarro adjacencies to departments hidden in the darndest places, the consumer is just saying it's not worth the bother.

The great retail disconnect

"A lot of runners are very goal-oriented, so if they see a posture and they see this is what the ideal looks like, they will do their darndest to just get there.

Listening to your body; Yoga classes geared toward runners

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On page 24, there are two hilarious/life affirming stories that remind us (to quote the legendary Art Linkletter), kids do say the darndest things.

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DVD & Blu-ray; Movies

"We are in the hospitality industry and I have no doubt that the staff have worked their darndest but without the back up of a costly refurbishment it is difficult."

WHAT FUTURE FOR GEORGE HOTEL? The days of footmen and carriages are long gone ... and today's business leaders are calling for investment

Author of five books, including The Joy of Being Human and Dogs Say the Darndest Things.

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But London four-piece the Vaccines appear to be doing their darndest to change this sad fact.

Vaccines rock on

LO BEST QUOTE: and, if I can, The plot doesn't contain too many surprises and neither does new military BEST anything else, with Spielberg applying his one-size-fits-all approach to filmmaking, namely by doing his darndest to overwhelm our senses and get our tear ducts pumping.

A FRIEND IN STEED; tale of man's bond with horse

Can we make Bill Cosby host a show called Old Racists Say th Darndest Things and then laugh patronizingly when they talk about the Kenyan socialist president and the welfare queens and the godless feminazis ruining the country?

Let's play cowboys & bigots