for Pete's sake

Idioms  

1. Also, for pity's sake. See for the sake of, def. 3.

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Example Sentences

The power button even does what it’s supposed to when you hold it down for Pete’s sake!

From The Verge • Aug. 27, 2022

Lambert, 39, laughed broadly at first when confronted with the incongruity of it all — the man enabled his college education, for Pete’s sake; what more does it take to win his vote?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2020

I drive a Subaru and have a pair of “gardening shoes,” for Pete’s sake.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019

C’mon, for Pete’s sake, This closure was a mistake.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2019

But these aren’t power tools, for Pete’s sake; they’re baseballs.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina