borrow trouble

verb

To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person borrows trouble · participle present borrowing trouble · participle past borrowed trouble · past borrowed trouble

  1. datedidiomaticTo worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass.
  2. datedidiomaticTo look for trouble; to ask for trouble.
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APA

borrow trouble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrow%20trouble

MLA

“borrow trouble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrow%20trouble. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “borrow trouble,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrow%20trouble.

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