Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look for trouble

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
look -for trou-ble
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight.

Informal

verb

to do things that are likely to cause problems.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

looks for trouble (present, singular) looking for trouble (participle, present) looked for trouble (participle, past) looked for trouble (past)

Questions

What does look for trouble mean?
to deliberately act in a way that's likely to lead to a fight.

How to pronounce look for trouble

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