go to the trouble

== English == === Alternative forms === go to trouble, go through the trouble === Verb === go to the trouble (third-person singular simple present goes to the trouble, present participle going to the trouble, simple past went to the trouble, past participle gone to the trouble) To make an effort. [with of (+ gerund) ‘doing something’] Synonyms: take the trouble, bother === References === “go to the trouble”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “go to the trouble to do something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.