"look for trouble" meaning in English

See look for trouble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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
  2. (informal) to do things that are likely to cause problems. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-look_for_trouble-en-verb-hRcN7LIR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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          "text": "When they showed up, you could tell they were looking for trouble"
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        "to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight."
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        "(informal) to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight."
      ],
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    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "text": "If you cut corners on maintenance now, you're just looking for trouble later on.",
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        "to do things that are likely to cause problems."
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        "(informal) to do things that are likely to cause problems."
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      "form": "looks for trouble",
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        "present",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "looked for trouble",
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        "to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight."
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        "to do things that are likely to cause problems."
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        "(informal) to do things that are likely to cause problems."
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