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Definition of oh-oh exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oh-oh

exclamation

/ˈəʊ əʊ/

/ˈəʊ əʊ/

(also uh-oh)

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the way of writing the sound that people make when they want to say that they have done something wrong or that they think there will be trouble
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