do (one's) damnedest

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do (one's) damnedest

To put forth the maximum amount of energy or effort toward some task or goal. Money is a little tight at the moment, but I'll do my damnedest to be there for your wedding. I'm doing my damnedest to get a passing grade in this class.

do your damnedest

INFORMAL, RUDE

If you do your damnedest to achieve something, you try as hard as you can to do it. I did my damnedest to persuade her. She was doing her damnedest to look as if she didn't care. Note: People sometimes use try instead of do. Ted tried his damnedest to explain things.

do (or try) your damnedest

do or try your utmost to do something.

The superlative form of the adjective damned is used here as a noun and can mean either ‘your worst’ or (more usually now) ‘your best’, depending on the context.

do/try your ˈdamnedest

(informal) try very hard; make a very great effort: He was doing his damnedest to make me feel uncomfortable so that I would leave.

See also: damnedest, try

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Kicking off a journey into increasingly bleak territory, it seemed that Smith was doing his damnedest to alienate a fanbase that simply grew larger the darker his records became.

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The focus ought to switch back to the sprinters today, although this is not the flattest route they will have to work with, and we shall no doubt see every desperado French domestic doing his damnedest to bring joy to the host nation in the centennial Tour.

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The Chelsea boss insists his men need another seven games to "find their range", when really his Portuguese prattle suggests he'll be doing his damnedest to get one over on feared rival Rafa Benitez.