take doing
Require considerable effort, as in It'll take doing to get the whole house painted in a week. This expression sometimes is put as take some doing, as in You want the President to come? That'll take some doing! [First half of 1900s]
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How to use take doing in a sentence
They'd be beautiful if you'd take care of them in one-tenth the time you take doing nothing.
Flappers and Philosophers | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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