# give a hang

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/give-a-hang
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

give a hoot; give a damn (to care about; to place value on something)

## Examples

- I do not give a hang about his opinion.
- She is so focused on her own goals that she does not give a hang what others think of her.
- Despite the mounting pressure from the board of directors to conform, the artist refused to give a hang about commercial success and continued to paint exactly as he pleased.

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