Verb
take the trouble (third-person singular simple present takes the trouble, present participle taking the trouble, simple past took the trouble, past participle taken the trouble)
To make the effort (to do something); to bother.
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Thucydides
Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines. If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting. Friedensreich Hundertwasser
I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it. Lee Krasner
Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. Jawaharlal Nehru
When you know quite absolutely that everything is unreal, you then cannot see why you should take the trouble to prove it. Emil Cioran
Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel. Maxwell Maltz