Usually means: Seek problems where none exist.
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  1. borrow trouble: Merriam-Webster
  2. borrow trouble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. borrow trouble: Wiktionary
  4. borrow trouble: Dictionary.com
  5. borrow trouble: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. borrow trouble: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. borrow trouble: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (borrow trouble)

verb:  (idiomatic, dated) To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass
verb:  (idiomatic, dated) To look for trouble; to ask for trouble

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