take the trouble
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"I am very grateful to each and every one of the people who take the trouble to make a meme about me," he told news programme Hoy.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
As an attempt to even the score when it comes to ethnic humor, I have no problem with it, but you could at least take the trouble to write actual jokes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
One indication of our complacency: Even in a bad influenza season, close to half of American adults won’t take the trouble to get a flu shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Apparently, they didn’t know—or didn’t take the trouble to find out—that a high-resolution drone had identified these people as civilians.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2021
I could not let him take the trouble.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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