ask for trouble in English

Forms: asks for trouble [present, singular, third-person], asking for trouble [participle, present], asked for trouble [participle, past], asked for trouble [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=ask for trouble}} ask for trouble (third-person singular simple present asks for trouble, present participle asking for trouble, simple past and past participle asked for trouble)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asks for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asking for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "ask for trouble"
      },
      "expansion": "ask for trouble (third-person singular simple present asks for trouble, present participle asking for trouble, simple past and past participle asked for trouble)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems."
      ],
      "id": "en-ask_for_trouble-en-verb-RWG94RLU",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ask for it"
        },
        {
          "word": "look for trouble"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ask for trouble"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asks for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asking for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked for trouble",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "ask for trouble"
      },
      "expansion": "ask for trouble (third-person singular simple present asks for trouble, present participle asking for trouble, simple past and past participle asked for trouble)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ask for it"
        },
        {
          "word": "look for trouble"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ask for trouble"
}

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"ask for trouble" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms