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uh-oh

[uh-oh] / ˈʌˌoʊ /
INTERJECTION
whoops
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Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday - and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words such as "Mama", "Dada" and "uh-oh".

From BBC May 8, 2024

The Cavaliers played tight again against 16th-seeded Gardner-Webb and trailed by 14 in the first half, stirring their own uh-oh moment that both Jerome and Hunter referenced when discussing 2019.

From Seattle Times Mar. 20, 2024

The mood quickly becomes less ha-ha funny and more uh-oh funny.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2023

“I was thinking, uh-oh, I’m in trouble. Now I’m going to have a man in my life.”

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2022

“Why are you smiling like that? Is this the uh-oh part?”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner




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