Meaning of go out of one's way | Babel Free

Definitions

To make an extra effort, so as to help or hinder.

idiomatic

Examples

“I wouldn't mind some help, but please don't go out of your way for me.”

“As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.”

“Have you heard the word "gadgetbahn"? It's a portmanteau coined to describe transport proposals that, to all intents and purposes, ought to be delivered using proven railway technology... and yet go out of their way to be anything but a railway.”

CEFR level