"for Christ's sake" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Forms: for Christ's sake ! [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=for Christ's sake}} for Christ's sake, {{en-prep phrase|for Christ's sake}} for Christ's sake
  1. (colloquial) Used to express surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: for the love of God, for chrissake, for chrissakes Translations (used to express surprise etc.): Herran tähden (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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