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Idiom

I'll be danged

Meaning

An expression of surprise.

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

Examples

“Well, I'll be danged, you actually finished it.”

“I looked everywhere for my keys, and I'll be danged if they weren't in my pocket the whole time.”

“Upon discovering the long-lost manuscript hidden behind the library shelf, he whispered, I'll be danged, it was here all along.”

Examples

simple

“Well, I'll be danged, you actually finished it.”

contextual

“I looked everywhere for my keys, and I'll be danged if they weren't in my pocket the whole time.”

complex

“Upon discovering the long-lost manuscript hidden behind the library shelf, he whispered, I'll be danged, it was here all along.”

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