look for trouble

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look for trouble

verb looks for trouble · looking for trouble · looked for trouble

  1. informal to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight. When they showed up, you could tell they were looking for trouble
  2. informal to do things that are likely to cause problems. If you cut corners on maintenance now, you're just looking for trouble later on.

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@misc{look_for_trouble_2026,
  title = {look for trouble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/look%20for%20trouble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}