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Phrase(s): For Pete’s sake! [and] For pity’s sake!; For the love of Mike!; For goodness sake!; For gosh sake!; For heaven(’s) sake!
a mild exclamation of surprise or shock. • For Pete’s sake! How’ve ya been? • For pity’s sake! Ask the man in out of the cold!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs