sakenoun
uk/seɪk/us/seɪk/sake noun (HELP)
for the sake of sb/for sb's sake
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- I'm trying to keep life normal for the sake of my two boys.
- They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their children.
- I hope for your sake that she's happy with the arrangements.
- I hope he's there for Paul's sake.
- I knew I had to stay calm for Maria's sake.
B2 in order to help or bring advantage to someone:
Please do it, for David's sake.
Their parents only stayed together for the sake of the children.
I hope for both our sakes that you're right!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- bridge
- facilitate
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- platform
- reach
- relief
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
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sake noun (REASON)
for the sake of sth/for sth's sake
because of, or for the purpose of something:
Let's not disagree for the sake of (= because of) a few dollars.
Let's say, just for the sake of argument/for argument's sake (= for the purpose of this discussion), that prices rise by three percent this year.
You're only arguing for the sake of arguing (= because you like arguing).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because of
- behalf
- cause 1
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- thanks
- through
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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sake noun (EMPHASIS)
for goodness', God's, Pete's, heaven's, etc. sake
used to emphasize requests or orders when you are angry or have lost patience:
For goodness' sake don't let her know I told you!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: intensifying expressions
- a heck of a sth/sb idiom
- a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc. idiom
- all the way idiom
- annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of sb idiom
- anything
- as... as anything idiom
- be chilled/frozen to the marrow idiom
- clear
- core
- do you hear? idiom
- extreme
- hell of a idiom
- leastways
- like a ton of bricks idiom
- long
- more than idiom
- mortally
- out-and-out
- to hell idiom
- to the core idiom
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