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 worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass
2. (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.