Puh

puh-leeze

An exaggerated pronunciation and misspelling of "please," used to express exasperation, disdain, or incredulity. A: "She said that you're the one who's responsible for the error." B: "Oh, puh-leeze! If she hadn't screwed up, none of this would have happened!" Puh-leeze—that's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Puh-leez!

(pəə ˈliiiz)
exclam. Please!; That is enough! You can’t expect me to accept that! (A long, drawn-out way of saying Please! The tone of voice shows exasperation and disgust. The spelling is highly variable.) I am the one who’s at fault? Puuuleeeze!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Puh-leez!
  • puh-leeze
  • leez
  • exsqueeze me
  • Who would have thought it?
  • sez who
  • Sez who?
  • sez me
  • Sez me!
  • O ye of little faith
References in periodicals archive
Umbilical hernia and PUH are repaired using mesh to avoid recurrence.
However, many studies have revealed that the open IPOM technique for UH and PUH has lower recurrence rates (10).
The influence of the open IPOM technique on UH and PUH with large defects remains to be addressed.
Characteristics of the study group Characteristics n=43 Age (*) (years) 44.07 (24-64) Gender (**) Male 21 (48.8) Female 22 (51.2) BMI (**), (kg/[m.sup.2]) 25 to 29.9 14 (32.6) 30 and above 29 (67.4) PUH (**) 30 (69.8) UH (**) 13 (30.2) BMI: body mass index; UH: umbilical hernia; PUH: paraumbilical hernia (*): mean (range), (**): n (%) Table 2.
A short term analysis of surgical management of umbilical and paraumbilical hernia
The recurrence rate in laparoscopic repair of PUH was 11(6.62%), while in open technique it was 16(9.48%).
Laparoscopic approach for PUH repair is a recent advancement gaining popularity among laparoscopic surgeons.
Para-umbilical hernias (PUHs) are among the common surgical problems and are among the most common surgical operations performed.1 Traditionally the para- umbilical hernias were treated by tension-free suture repair of the defect.
Laparoscopic versus open repair of para-umbilical hernia. Is it a good alternative