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go to the trouble

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go to the trouble (of doing something) and go to the trouble (to do something); go to the bother (of doing something); go to the bother (to do something)
to endure the effort or bother of doing something. I really don't want to go to the trouble to cook. Should I go to the bother of cooking something for her to eat? Don't go to the trouble. She can eat a sandwich.
See also: trouble

go to the trouble (of doing something) also take the trouble (to do something)
to make an effort to do something If anyone had gone to the trouble of looking up his record, the police would not have released him.
See also: trouble


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ITEM: CNN's Lou Dobbs, during his television show Lou Dobbs Tonight on November 8, scolded opponents of a minimum-wage increase by pointing to initiatives that passed in several states: "When the voters go to the trouble of an initiative .
Some farmers, however, still found it easier to buy a container of chemical pesticide, than to go to the trouble of ecological methods.
If you're going to go to the trouble of posting the Tuscon weather on more than one page, then at least be consistent.
 
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