bother
/ˈbɑð·ər/ v [I] (MAKE AN EFFORT)Definition
› to make an effort to do something, esp. something that is not convenient: You won’t get any credit for doing it, so why bother? Don’t bother doing the laundry. [+ to infinitive] He didn’t even bother to say goodbye.
(Definition of bother v (MAKE AN EFFORT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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