Collocation
put effort into
to spend time and energy trying hard to improve or achieve something
Definition
'put effort into' is a common English collocation. to spend time and energy trying hard to improve or achieve something
put + effort + into + noun/gerund
“She put a lot of effort into improving her English pronunciation.”
Examples
- I always put effort into my homework, even when I am tired.
- She puts a lot of effort into keeping the house clean.
- We put extra effort into the presentation because it was for an important client.
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- He put effort into learning everyone’s names on the first day.
- They are putting real effort into building trust with the community.
- I put more effort into my workouts when I train with a friend.
- The team put a huge amount of effort into fixing the bug before the release.
- If you put effort into networking, opportunities tend to appear faster than you expect.
- She had put effort into the relationship for years, but nothing seemed to change.
More verb + noun + prepositions
- take advantage to use a situation or opportunity to get a benefit; sometimes, to treat someone unfairly to benefit…
- give attention to focus on something or consider it carefully
- put pressure on to try to make someone do something by using influence, demands, or threats
- bring attention to to make people notice or think about something; to highlight it