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ask for trouble



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When you ask for trouble, the world often obliges.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

A very early sign that Liverpool are in the mood to go for it, because sitting back would just ask for trouble?

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015

A very early sign that Liverpool are in the mood to go for it, because sitting back would just ask for trouble?

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015

To ask an environmentalist to dine, however, is to ask for trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the man did ask for trouble, sir.

From The Abandoned Room by Camp, Wadsworth




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