Usually means: Exclamation of frustration or annoyance.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. for Pete's sake, for Pete's sake: Collins English Dictionary
  2. for Pete's sake: Wiktionary
  3. For Pete's Sake, For Pete's Sake, For Pete's Sake (The Monkees song), For Pete's Sake (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. For Pete's Sake: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. For Pete’s sake: World Wide Words

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  1. For Pete's Sake: Legal dictionary

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  1. For Pete's Sake: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. For Pete's sake, for Pete's sake: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. for Pete's sake: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. for pete's sake: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (For Pete's Sake)

noun:  a 1974 American screwball comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and directed by Peter Yates.


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