for sake of

for sake of
Because of, for the sake of.

She stayed home for sake of her sick friend.


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  • Sake — (s[=a]k), n. [OE. sake cause, also, lawsuit, fault, AS. sacu strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D. zaak cause, thing, affair, G. sache thing, cause in law, OHG. sahha, Icel. s[ o]k, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj[=o] strife, AS. sacan to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • for goodness' sake — for God’s/Christ’s/goodness’/Heaven’s/Pete’s/sake spoken phrase used for emphasizing what you are saying when you are annoyed or angry ‘for God’s sake’ and ‘for Christ’s sake’ are offensive to some people Oh, for goodness’ sake, leave me alone!… …   Useful english dictionary

  • for old times' sake — for old times’ sake phrase so that you can remember a happy time in the past Let’s go back to Brighton, for old times’ sake. Thesaurus: ways of talking about memoriessynonym Main entry: old * * * I see sake I …   Useful english dictionary

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