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Idiom

damn right

Meaning

Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You are damn right about that.”

“When asked if the team deserved the win, the coach replied, "Damn right they did."”

“He insisted that justice must be served, and his supporters shouted back that he was damn right.”

Examples

simple

“You are damn right about that.”

contextual

“When asked if the team deserved the win, the coach replied, "Damn right they did."”

complex

“He insisted that justice must be served, and his supporters shouted back that he was damn right.”

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