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Definition: Ask For Trouble |
Ask For TroubleVerb1. Persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Ask For TroubleSynonym: ask for it (v). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "ask for trouble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | e kërkoj sherrin vete. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أبلى نفسه, بحث عن المشاكل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | търся си белята (head for trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koledovat si o problém. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chercher les embêtements, chercher des ennuis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζητώ φασαρία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל'רום צרות לעצמו. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | keresi a bajt (to ask for trouble, to look for trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | askay orfay oubletray criar problema (cause a problem, stir up trouble). (various references) se urî cu binele, cãuta pricinã. (various references) лезть на рожон (ask for it, show hackles). (various references) izazivati nevolju. (various references) buscarse problemas. (various references) ställa till det för sig, mucka gräl. (various references) aranmak (ask, ask for it, be looked for, be spoiling for, court, pick a quarrel, seek, seek a quarrel, trail one's coat), kaşınmak (ask, itch, itch for trouble, scratch), belâ aramak (itch for trouble, trail one's coat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-k-l-o-o-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: absoluter, arboreous, basketful, breakouts, brooklets, freakouts, labourers, outbreaks, outfables, tabourers, troublers. | |
-5 letters: aborters, absolute, arborous, baluster, barefoot, barstool, bloaters, blurters, boastful, boatfuls, bookfuls, booklets, bookrest, breakout, brooklet, floaters, floorers, flouters, footlers, forbears, forestal, forsaker, frakturs, freakout, laborers, labourer, outbakes, outbarks, outbreak, outfable, outroars, realtors, refloats, refutals, relators, restoral, robuster, roseolar, rosulate, rubeolar. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 6B      46 6F 72      54 72 6F 75 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01101011 00100000 01000110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010100 01110010 01101111 01110101 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s k   F o r   T r o u b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 006B      0046 006F 0072      0054 0072 006F 0075 0062 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3585772408184254848187687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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