What does take the trouble mean?

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take the trouble

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

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takes the trouble (present, singular) taking the trouble (participle, present) took the trouble (past) taken the trouble (participle, past) take trouble (alternative)

What does take the trouble mean?: To make the effort (to do something); to bother.

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