trouble spot

See also: troublespot

English

Alternative forms

• troublespot

Noun

trouble spot (plural trouble spots)

1. A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
   • 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:

     Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.

References

• “trouble spot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.