ask for trouble


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Verb1.ask for trouble - persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause troubleask for trouble - persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior"
ask for it
hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
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You come under lodge discipline if it goes further, and that's a heavy hand in these parts, as Brother Baldwin knows--and as you will damn soon find out, Brother McMurdo, if you ask for trouble!"
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YES, loan sharks are loathsome - but don't many of their borrowers simply ask for trouble? The story unfolded this week of Debbie Wilson.
Borrower deserves no credit
"Too many players thought they had cracked it when we were 2-0 up and started doing things to ask for trouble," he fumed.
Football: We cracked, rages Kemp; OXFORD 2 NOTTS CO 3

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