"take the trouble" meaning in All languages combined

See take the trouble on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: takes the trouble [present, singular, third-person], taking the trouble [participle, present], took the trouble [past], taken the trouble [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> the trouble}} 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)
  1. To make the effort (to do something); to bother. Synonyms: take trouble [obsolete, rare] Translations (make the effort): prendersi la briga (Italian), molestarse (Spanish), zahmet etmek (Turkish)

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