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EyeSeeYou Posted 20 years ago
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To go out of your way to do something
According to the dictionary, this expression means doing something you don't usually do, which entails making an effort. However, I think many English native speakers use it with a different connotation, as a way of expressing someone's relentless way of doing or intending to do something?
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Hello IC "To go out of your way to do something" is "to take special pains to do something". Thus: 1. She went out of her way to make me feel at home.
- Hello IC "To go out of your way to do something" is "to take special pains to do something".
- Thus: 1.
- She went out of her way to make me feel at home.
- 2.
- She went out of her way to make me feel embarrassed afterwards.
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Hello IC
"To go out of your way to do something" is "to take special pains to do something". Thus:
1. She went out of her way to make me feel at home.
2. She went out of her way to make me feel embarrassed afterwards.
In #1, the connotation is positive; in #2, negative.
The "relentless" connotation may arise when someone makes a special effort to do som
"To go out of your way to do something" is "to take special pains to do something". Thus:
1. She went out of her way to make me feel at home.
2. She went out of her way to make me feel embarrassed afterwards.
In #1, the connotation is positive; in #2, negative.
The "relentless" connotation may arise when someone makes a special effort to do som
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