Word.ws English Dictionary

did one's darnedest

did one's darnedest is the simple past of do one's darnedest.

Meaning of do one's darnedest

Verb

do one's darnedest (third-person singular simple present does one's darnedest, present participle doing one's darnedest, simple past did one's darnedest, past participle done one's darnedest)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.
    • I don't think he'll succeed, but he's doing his darnedest to build a working spaceship.

Questions about did one's darnedest

What is did one's darnedest the simple past of?
Did one's darnedest is the simple past of do one's darnedest.

Words near did one's darnedest in the dictionary

  1. did numbers
  2. did off
  3. did one's bit
  4. did one's business
  5. did one's damnedest
  6. did one's darnedest
  7. did one's duty
  8. did one's ease
  9. did one's easement
  10. did one's homework
  11. did one's job

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: did one's darnedest (page history and authors); do one's darnedest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “did one's darnedest.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/did_one%27s_darnedest. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.