take some doing

take some doing
take some doing phrase
used for saying that something will be very difficult to do

It will take some doing to finish this before five o’clock.

Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym
Main entry: doing

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take some ˈdoing | take a lot of ˈdoing idiom
to be hard work; to be difficult

Getting it finished by tomorrow will take some doing.

Main entry:doingidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • take some doing — to need a lot of effort. It took some doing, but I finally got the manager to agree to hire you …   New idioms dictionary

  • take some lot of doing — take some/a lot of ˈdoing idiom (informal) to need a lot of effort or time; to be very difficult to do Main entry: ↑takeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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  • take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …   English dictionary

  • doing — noun 1 be sb s doing if something bad is someone s doing, they did it: This mess is all your doing. 2 take some doing to be hard work: Sorting this lot out is going to take some doing. 3 doings BrE a) (plural) things that someone does b) (C)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • doing — do|ing [ duıŋ ] noun be someone s doing to be someone s fault: We re very late, and it s all your doing. take some doing used for saying that something will be very difficult to do: It will take some doing to finish this before five o clock …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • doing — do|ing [ˈdu:ıŋ] n 1.) be sb s (own) doing if something bad is someone s doing, they did or caused it ▪ If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing. 2.) take some doing informal to be hard work ▪ We had to be on the parade ground for …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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