for the love of

1. For the sake of, in consideration of. For example, She signed up for all these volunteer jobs for the love of praise . [c. 1200]

2. . An exclamation of surprise, exasperation, or some similar feeling, as in For the love of Pete, give me the money! James Joyce used this idiom in Ulysses (1922): “For the love of Mike listen to him.” Pete and Mike are euphemisms for God. [Early 1900s] Also see for the sake of , def. 3.

Example Sentences

Tessa said she was initially motivated to put in all those extra hours for the challenge of earning the 200-hour volunteer medallion offered at the high school, but by the end, she said, “We were doing it for the love of being on the lane.”

From Los Angeles Times

"We never have that kind of mindset about ourselves in the sense that, we're not rigid in how we go about things," McCullum told the For the Love of Cricket podcast.

From BBC

Immediately she began researching, finding detail in every online article, every news item and Ms Ming's book For the Love of Julie.

From BBC

As the series wore on, her pain, if not its actual source, became more and more evident and my private commentary solidified into: “For the love of God, put down your phone.”

From Los Angeles Times

A 2015 documentary on the superstar called For the Love of a Man by Rinku Kalsy and Joyojeet Pal captured the depth of this fervour - of fans mortgaging homes, selling family gold, and treating film releases as once-in-a-lifetime festivals.

From BBC