give trouble
Example Sentences
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“He has a great chance to give trouble to the other horses, which I never want.”
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016
Then its new-type disk brakes began to give trouble, and it began to drop back.
From Time Magazine Archive
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You’re not to fret, Matt; we mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadder.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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Of course, questions sometimes arose which seemed likely to give trouble.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Now certain spies, as I have told, were constantly on the look-out for officers likely to give trouble to our custodians.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis