out of one's way
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It would be like going out of one’s way to strike a nerve.
From Slate ● May 29, 2020
A new play by a dramatist who lives and works here, on a topic of homegrown resonance, is a venture worth going out of one’s way to encourage.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
It is not yet worth a trip out of one’s way for the dining experience alone.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2011
Smarmy beggar, this Marler; one would walk a block out of one's way to cut him dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
One would scarcely recognize the birds as they sweep past in these flurries, their flight is so unlike their usual clumsy scuttle as they get out of one's way along the street.
From Roof and Meadow by Dallas Lore Sharp
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