go out of one's way

Example Sentences

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You are a young man, but your experience has doubtless told you that in this world one does not often go out of one's way to serve a stranger for no purpose at all.

From The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

I have found throughout my tour, what all English travellers must find—that slavery is a question which it is better not to go out of one's way to discuss.

From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)

But—well, what a lesson not to go out of one's way to write to casual acquaintances!

From A. V. Laider by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Trees were lying across the muddy path; there were washed-out spots, making it necessary to go out of one's way.

From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George

In these kind-hearted days enemies are becoming so rare that one has to go out of one's way to make them.

From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard