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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Trouble; difficulty.
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- noun idiomatic, figuratively a
dangerous situation; trouble - noun idiomatic, figuratively
fierce criticism
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- noun a dangerous or distressing predicament
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