go to (the) expense

idiom

: to spend money on something

Why go to the expense of installing something you'll never use?

She went to great expense to have this party.

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The Garrigans were forced to go to the expense of serving the complaint to Hästens’ office in Sweden. —

Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023

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