"do one's darnedest" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "does one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't think he'll succeed, but he's doing his darnedest to build a working spaceship."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "utmost",
          "utmost"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "do one's damnedest"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "do one's darnedest"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done one's darnedest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "do one's damnedest"
    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't think he'll succeed, but he's doing his darnedest to build a working spaceship."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utmost",
          "utmost"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way."
      ],
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        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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