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give a toss

give a toss verb: to care.

Verb

give a toss (third-person singular simple present gives a toss, present participle giving a toss, simple past gave a toss, past participle given a toss)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) To care.
    • “Tiles ... tiles ... splashback,” he burbled, trying to make himself heard over the crunching of diazepam tablets. Boris shrugged, not bothering to talk in meaningful sentences or even attempting to conceal the fact that he didn’t really give a toss.2019 November 18, John Crace, “Boris Johnson gets down to the business of getting business down”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry

Synonyms of give a toss

Forms of give a toss

third-person singular presentgives a toss
present participlegiving a toss
pastgave a toss
past participlegiven a toss

Words that rhyme with give a toss

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Questions about give a toss

What does give a toss mean?
Give a toss means to care.
What part of speech is give a toss?
Give a toss is a verb.
What is the past tense of give a toss?
The past tense of give a toss is gave a toss.

Words near give a toss in the dictionary

  1. give a sneck posset
  2. give a stuff
  3. give a tin shit
  4. give a tinker's cuss
  5. give a tinker's damn
  6. give a toss
  7. give about
  8. give against
  9. give ale
  10. give ales
  11. give an eye-tooth

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