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trouble someone for
trouble someone for
Politely ask for something, as in May I trouble you for a drink of water? This idiom uses trouble in the sense of "disturb." [Mid-1800s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Nahia | | - | Basque |
Lukas | | LOO-kahs (German) | German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian |
Nieves | | NYE-ves | Spanish |
Yaakov | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
Dick (2) | | DIK | Dutch |
Placido | | - | Italian |