invite disaster

Frequency: 4.83.5 per million words

To behave in a way that makes disaster likely.

disasterVERB + DISASTER

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invite

Examples (10)

  • Investing all your money in one volatile stock is to invite disaster.
  • Driving on icy roads without winter tires is simply inviting disaster.
  • Ignoring the structural engineer's report would invite disaster for the construction project.
  • He invited disaster by taunting the angry bull.
  • The captain knew that sailing into the hurricane would be inviting disaster.
  • Launching the website without any security testing would have invited disaster.
  • Continuing the business with no clear plan is a sure way to invite disaster.
  • For a politician, making promises that cannot be kept is to invite disaster.
  • The general's risky maneuver on the battlefield nearly invited disaster for his army.
  • Don't invite disaster by leaving your front door unlocked at night.