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
To ask an environmentalist to dine, however, is to ask for trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
This approach seemed calculated not merely to ask for trouble but require it.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is one way to ask for trouble.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
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