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go out of the way



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“Employees who anticipate, who go out of the way to meet a need,” said Casson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

The open structure permits passengers to go from Deck 2 to Deck 8 without having to go out of the way to find an elevator.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

“What they care about is public persona. They go out of the way to create this veneer ‘we’re the good guys and we’re the rebels’.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

As much as Jones liked to go out of the way to flash the leather, a quick YouTube search confirms he was not a bat flipper.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 11, 2020

He doesn’t go out of the way to sneer at them because they don’t live in church, especially when he knows little or nothing about them.”

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram




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