worth someone's while

worth one's time and trouble. The job pays so badly it's not worth your while even going for an interview. It's not worth Mary's while going all that way just for a one-hour meeting.
See also: worth

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 


worth your while

of benefit to you It would be worth your while to see if you can still get tickets to the show. You could make this trip more worth your while if you arranged to see more than one client.
See also: worth
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