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What does in trouble mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word in trouble? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. Suffering difficulties.
  2. (chiefly of a child) Liable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.
  3. (euphemistic) Pregnant, unmarried, and not likely to be married before giving birth.
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After hitting a great drive, he put his second shot on the front of the green while his opponent was in trouble.
The man with the knife then aimed two or three blows to Sylvester who backed on to the railings but did not seem in trouble.
But thanks to the net, the misleading news spread at hyperspeed and even prompted a Wall Street selloff when it appeared Bush was in trouble.
And, if we don't really know what matter is, then materialism is in trouble.
Luckily, one of the posts holding the jetty up was stopping him going any further, otherwise he would have been in trouble.
Anger, it should be noted, has etymological roots both in trouble, grief and affliction.

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