out of one's way

1. see go out of one's way; also, out of the way.

Example Sentences

Showing up and fulfilling the expectations of employment, while not going out of one's way — in a period of record inequality, when the average American is enduring stagnant or declining wages — should in no way be equated with "quitting" one's job.

From Salon

It would be like going out of one’s way to strike a nerve.

From Slate

Essentially, it is an emotional response to a belief that one’s autonomy is being impinged on or threatened, and it typically involves an impulse to go out of one’s way to break the offending rule and thereby regain freedom and independence.

From Scientific American

Going out of one’s way to maximize the face time of a hyperpartisan like Jim Jordan in a high-stakes public hearing is not a persuasion strategy.

From Slate

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