puh-leeze

British

/ ˌpəˈliːz /

interjection

a humorous spelling of the emphatic pronunciation of please , suggesting the speaker's exasperation

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“Harry would get up and sing along with the music playing on the radio,” she wrote, “and some of us would tease him, ‘Harry, puh-leeze!

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