Idiom
give a hoot
Meaning
To care about; to place value on something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does not give a hoot about his messy room.”
“She works hard to improve the company, but her boss does not seem to give a hoot.”
“Despite the mounting evidence that the policy was failing, the director did not give a hoot about the public outcry.”
Examples
simple
“He does not give a hoot about his messy room.”
contextual
“She works hard to improve the company, but her boss does not seem to give a hoot.”
complex
“Despite the mounting evidence that the policy was failing, the director did not give a hoot about the public outcry.”
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