ask for trouble
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]ask for trouble (third-person singular simple present asks for trouble, present participle asking for trouble, simple past and past participle asked for trouble)
- To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems.
- Synonyms: ask for it, look for trouble
Usage notes
[edit]- Chiefly used in the present continuous: be asking for trouble.
Translations
[edit]ask for it — see ask for it
References
[edit]- “be asking for trouble”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “be asking for trouble” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “be asking for trouble”, in Collins English Dictionary.