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)

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

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)

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

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