sow dragon's teeth (English, verb)
expansion: sow dragon's teeth (third-person singular simple present sows dragon's teeth, present participle sowing dragon's teeth, simple past sowed dragon's teeth, past participle sown dragon's teeth or sowed dragon's teeth)
Senses:
glosses: To perform an action that inadvertently leads to trouble.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To perform an action that is intended to prevent trouble, but which may actually bring it about.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: sows dragon's teeth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sowing dragon's teeth
tags: participle
present
form: sowed dragon's teeth
tags: past
form: sown dragon's teeth
tags: participle
past
form: sowed dragon's teeth
tags: participle
past