give a toss

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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. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, slang, chiefly in the negative) To care.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:care

   • 2019 November 18, John Crace, “Boris Johnson gets down to the business of getting business down”, in The Guardian‎:

     “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.