take some doing

take some doing (third-person singular simple present takes some doing, present participle taking some doing, simple past took some doing, past participle taken some doing)

1. To be hard work, to require a lot of effort.

• take some beating

• “take some doing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “take some doing” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.