"look for trouble" meaning in All languages combined

See look for trouble on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looks for trouble [present, singular, third-person], looking for trouble [participle, present], looked for trouble [participle, past], looked for trouble [past]
Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. (informal) to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-look_for_trouble-en-verb-36BEI~K4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. (informal) to do things that are likely to cause problems. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-look_for_trouble-en-verb-hRcN7LIR

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look for trouble meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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        "(informal) to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight."
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          "text": "If you cut corners on maintenance now, you're just looking for trouble later on."
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