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sour note
noun
A negative aspect to something mostly positive.
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There was a sour note.
Despite that sour note, he signed, anyway.
The game started on a sour note.
But then there's the sour note.
"You don't want to end on a sour note".
Win or lose, he plays the same sour note.
But Smith ended the season on a sour note.
"You never want to end on a sour note".
The only sour note was Andre Agassi's video.
You can always hear a sour note," he said.
THE last sour note in the relationship came on Jan.
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