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for_God’s_sake

for God's sake

English

Interjection

for God's sake

  1. An exclamation showing surprise, impatience, or some other emotion.
    For God's sake, don't scare me like that!
    Put some pants on, for God's sake!

Usage notes

Sometimes, though not always, pluralized to for God's sakes in American usage.

There are many variants which use euphemisms or dysphemisms for God, i.e. for ****'s sake

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