take the trouble

take the trouble (to do something)

to make an effort to do something (that one might not otherwise do). I wish I had taken the trouble to study this matter more carefully. I just didn't have enough time to take the trouble.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Luella	loo-EL-ə	English
Oighrig	-	Scottish
Spike	SPIEK	English (Rare)
Mladen	MLAH-den (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Wayna	-	Native American, Quechua
Anssi	AHNS-see	Finnish