pretty please with sugar on top

US/ˌpɹɪti ˌpliz wɪθ ˈʃʊɡəɹ ɑn ˌtɑp/

Exaggerated form of please or pretty please.

Meanings

phrase
  1. exaggeratedExaggerated form of please or pretty please.

    I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please... with sugar on top? Clean the fucking car!

    1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel)

    Synonyms: pretty please with a cherry on top

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

pretty please with sugar on top. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretty%20please%20with%20sugar%20on%20top

MLA

“pretty please with sugar on top.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretty%20please%20with%20sugar%20on%20top. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretty please with sugar on top,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretty%20please%20with%20sugar%20on%20top.

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