take doing

Idioms  

1. Require considerable effort, as in It'll take doing to get the whole house painted in a week. This expression sometimes is put as take some doing, as in You want the President to come? That'll take some doing! [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

“I have done the work and always do the work. I was a professor, so I take doing your homework pretty seriously,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

“We take doing right by our service members very seriously.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2016

“I left town before Frieze started because I couldn’t take doing any more business,” the artist Dan Colen said.

From New York Times • May 18, 2016

No matter which of these paths we take, doing nothing should not be an option because advertisers are becoming more aggressive.

From Salon • May 27, 2011

They'd be beautiful if you'd take care of them in one-tenth the time you take doing nothing.

From Flappers and Philosophers by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)