look for trouble
English
Verb
look for trouble (third-person singular simple present looks for trouble, present participle looking for trouble, simple past and past participle looked for trouble)
- (informal) Deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight.
- When they showed up, you could tell they were looking for trouble
- (informal) Do things that are likely to cause problems.
- If you cut corners on maintenance now, you're just looking for trouble later on.
Translations
ask for it — see ask for it