Usually means: Plant conflict, reap hostile outcomes.
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  1. sow dragon's teeth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. sow dragon's teeth, sow dragon's teeth: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sow dragon's teeth: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. sow dragon's teeth: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sow dragon's teeth)

verb:  (idiomatic) To perform an action that inadvertently leads to trouble.
verb:  (idiomatic) To perform an action that is intended to prevent trouble, but which may actually bring it about.


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