English

oh for

A game or time period in which a player did not manage to sustain a particular attainment.

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    Origin

    From oh (“zero”). Clipped from scorekeeping expressions like "0-4" (read "oh for four"), indicating a baseball player recorded zero hits in four at-bats.

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    Lineage

    • derivedEnglishoh “Expression of surprise.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englisho
        • borrowedOld Frenchoh
      • derivedEnglisho “The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.”

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