go to the trouble ofgo to the trouble (of doing something)
to make an effort to do something.
If anyone had gone to the trouble of looking up his record, the police would not have released him.
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go to the trouble of (doing something)
To make the effort to do something. Oh, you didn't have to go to the trouble of preparing the guest bedroom for me—I could have just slept on the couch!