go out of one's way
Example Sentences
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To strike the great Trunk Road higher up would be to go out of one’s way; to strike it lower down would be to strike the Authie Valley at an impassable point.
From Crécy by Hilaire Belloc
In these kind-hearted days enemies are becoming so rare that one has to go out of one's way to make them.
From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Richard Le Gallienne
Trees were lying across the muddy path; there were washed-out spots, making it necessary to go out of one's way.
From The Shield of Silence by George Loughridge
But—well, what a lesson not to go out of one's way to write to casual acquaintances!
From A. V. Laider by Sir Max Beerbohm
You are a young man, but your experience has doubtless told you that in this world one does not often go out of one's way to serve a stranger for no purpose at all.
From The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
