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
In these kind-hearted days enemies are becoming so rare that one has to go out of one's way to make them.
From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard
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