borrow trouble in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "borrows trouble",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowing trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowed trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowed trouble",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "borrow trouble (third-person singular simple present borrows trouble, present participle borrowing trouble, simple past and past participle borrowed trouble)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass"
      ],
      "id": "en-borrow_trouble-en-verb-yT~bnbts",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To look for trouble; to ask for trouble"
      ],
      "id": "en-borrow_trouble-en-verb-wMD86VPq",
      "links": [
        [
          "look for trouble",
          "look for trouble"
        ],
        [
          "ask for trouble",
          "ask for trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To look for trouble; to ask for trouble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "borrow trouble"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "borrows trouble",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowing trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowed trouble",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borrowed trouble",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "borrow trouble (third-person singular simple present borrows trouble, present participle borrowing trouble, simple past and past participle borrowed trouble)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To look for trouble; to ask for trouble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for trouble",
          "look for trouble"
        ],
        [
          "ask for trouble",
          "ask for trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To look for trouble; to ask for trouble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "borrow trouble"
}

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"borrow trouble" meaning in English

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