go to the effort of

The modus operandi of this conspiracy was to lay out a claim but give only a partial explanation of it, withholding the last bit of evidence needed to truly understand it; that way, you can “just ask questions” without having to go to the effort of actually answering them satisfactorily.

Even when companies do go to the effort of recycling candy wrappers, they produce such a low-value plastic that it doesn’t recoup the cost of recycling.

Even when companies do go to the effort of recycling candy wrappers, they produce such a low-value plastic that it doesn’t recoup the cost of recycling.

“It’s a way of saying ‘I don’t have to go to the effort of making changes because there’s nothing I can do anyway.’”

Why, they might now be thinking, go to the effort of planning and paying for a ski vacation when they could stay home and bake sourdough bread?