take some doing
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Matching the level of support at Wimbledon in 1973 will take some doing because, as in any workplace, there will be players prepared to cross a metaphorical picket line outside the entrance to Centre Court.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
That will take some doing, especially in countries such as Brazil, where American football barely registers a blip on the sports radar with interest dwarfed by the passion for soccer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
It’s going to take some doing to integrate Indigenous conservation with the ocean-based blue economy that’s clearly driving the research agenda.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2022
In Mr. Bouadla’s telling, however, that will take some doing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Old Burke would dearly love to put a spoke in his wheel, but it'll take some doing.
From Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis French
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