for the love of Mike/Pete

idiom

informal

—used to give added force to an angry statement

For the love of Mike/Pete, quiet down! I'm trying to get some sleep here!

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The gist: Feel free to rubber-stamp this new TV bill, but for the love of Pete don’t let these NFL guys invade our fall Saturdays. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024 On July 31, 1697, Jacques Sennacques sent a letter to his cousin—one Pierre Le Pers, a French merchant living in The Hague—begging him, for the love of Pete (that’s paraphrased), to send him a death certificate for his relative, Daniel Le Pers. —

Adam Rogers, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021

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