go to the expense

1. see go to the trouble.

Example Sentences

If producers have to pay the human actors anyway for the days they would have worked, and pay residuals too, why go to the expense of the digital replica?

From Los Angeles Times

Will school districts have to go to the expense of conducting multiple recounts of the vote?

From Salon

Yet, thanks to Woodspoon, they don't have to go to the expense of renting a commercial premise.

From BBC

China Molybdenum has been cautious in declaring it, he said, until the company knows it wants to go to the expense of extracting the deeper layers.

From New York Times

"Producers don't have to go to the expense or risk of a new series but can ride that nostalgia wave."

From BBC