go out of one's way

go out of one's way
{v. phr.} To make an extra effort; do more than usual. * /Jane went out of her way to be nice to the new girl./ * /Don did not like Charles, and he went out of his way to say bad things about Charles./ Compare: BEND OVER BACKWARD, KNOCK ONESELF OUT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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