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Is "go to all the effort of ~ing" a set of expression? What does it mean?

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Rebecca

Yes, that's correct. To "go to/through the effort of" is an expression used when somebody exerts themselves or puts in a lot of effort to do something. It is usually used to describe the work or effort put in during the process of something, like the tea-making metaphor in this video. Ex: My friends planned a surprise birthday party for me. I was grateful they went through all the effort to do that for me. Ex: It sucks when you go to all that effort to do something nice for someone, and they don't appreciate it.

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