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sour note en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) A negative aspect to something mostly positive.
One sour note was the withdrawal of Rosicky, who suffered concussion after a heavy collision.
2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:They had a respectful interaction, not a sour note between them, but they never palled around outside of work.
2019, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Sex and the City and Us, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 94:
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