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Idioms and Phrases
Require considerable effort, as in It'll take doing to get the whole house painted in a week . This expression sometimes is put as take some doing , as in You want the President to come? That'll take some doing! [First half of 1900s]Discover More
Example Sentences
They'd be beautiful if you'd take care of them in one-tenth the time you take doing nothing.
From Project Gutenberg
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