Definition of "trouble spot" [trouble spot]

• A location or site of possible difficulty: "They suggested that arms control negotiations should not be convened until Soviet behavior in the world's trouble spots improved” ( Charles William Maynes). (noun)

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• "Plant those big, kindergarten-looking flowers right in the trouble spot or over the whole cake."