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asking for trouble

asking for trouble is the present participle and gerund of ask for trouble.

Meaning of ask for trouble

Verb

ask for trouble (third-person singular simple present asks for trouble, present participle asking for trouble, simple past and past participle asked for trouble)

  1. To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems.

Questions about asking for trouble

What is asking for trouble the present participle and gerund of?
Asking for trouble is the present participle and gerund of ask for trouble.

Words near asking for trouble in the dictionary

  1. asking for
  2. asking for a friend
  3. asking for it
  4. asking for someone's hand in marriage
  5. asking for the moon
  6. asking for trouble
  7. asking how high when someone says jump
  8. asking in
  9. Asking Jeeves
  10. asking out
  11. asking over

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