trouble : Idioms & Phrases
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ask for trouble
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verb persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble
ask for it.
- He is asking for trouble with his behavior
WordNet
To borrow trouble
- to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
Webster 1913
To get into trouble
- to get into difficulty or danger. Colloq.
Webster 1913
To take the trouble
- to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience.
She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant.
Webster 1913
trouble maker
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noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
mischief-maker; troublemaker; bad hat; troubler.
WordNet
trouble oneself
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verb take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
bother; inconvenience oneself; trouble.
- He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
- Don't bother, please
WordNet
trouble shooter
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noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
troubleshooter.
WordNet
trouble-free
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adjective satellite without problems or difficulties
- NASA reported a trouble-free launch
WordNet
trouble-shoot
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verb solve problems
troubleshoot.
- He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
