uh-oh

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uh-oh

  1. (informal) An exclamation of error, concern, or awareness of a problem.
    Uh-oh! I made a mistake.
    • 2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52:
      Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.

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