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Phrase(s): *in trouble
1. in danger; in difficulty; due for punishment. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) • If you don’t be quiet, you’re going to be in trouble. • The company was in trouble for months, and then went bankrupt. 2. Euph. pregnant and unmarried. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) • They had to get married. She was in trouble. • She’ll be in trouble before long, if she doesn’t quit running around like that.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs