make trouble
Example Sentences
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“We know all too well that if someone is determined to make trouble, they will do their best to make trouble.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2023
"As I saw the police van approaching, I was preparing what I was going to say so that I wouldn't appear as someone aggressive or who wants to make trouble," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023
"Their overriding message is - do not make trouble," he added.
From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2022
In the mountainous eastern part of the state, however, loyalists did all they could to make trouble for the rebels.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
In those words she heard a permission to do what she’d always been told not to: to take matters into her own hands, to make trouble.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
