borrow trouble

English

Verb

borrow trouble (third-person singular simple present borrows trouble, present participle borrowing trouble, simple past and past participle borrowed trouble)

1. (idiomatic, dated) To look for trouble; to ask for trouble

References

• “borrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.