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puh-leeze

/ ˌpəˈliːz /

interjection

  1. a humorous spelling of the emphatic pronunciation of please , suggesting the speaker's exasperation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Bad idea: Sending a joke to which the Empress says “Puh-leeze!”

Puh-leeze stop calling it the “spending” bill.

Unless your child is an avowed penny pincher who has never begged, “Will you buy me this? Please? Puh-leeze?” leave the kids at home.

Unless your child is an avowed penny pincher who has never begged, “Will you buy me this? Please? Puh-leeze?” leave the kids at home, Erickson says.

She says, “Well? Can you open it? Puh-leeze?”

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