He exerted himself
Caused trouble for himself. He exerted effort.
("And the mohel was forced to go to the chest at night, but he did not eat or drink there, saying that he had a dream, and later in the afternoon the master of the house said that the mohel had troubled himself to go at night, so he will be left alone" - Otzer Hamidrashim (Eisenstein) Ma'ashyot)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִטְרִיחַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
גָּרַם טוֹרֵחַ לְעַצְמוֹ. הִתְאַמֵּץ.
("וְהֻכְרַח הַמּוֹהֵל לִילָךְ אֶל הַסַּנְדָּק אַךְ לֹא אָכַל וְלֹא שָׁתָה שָׁמָּה בְּאָמְרוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ תַּעֲנִית חֲלוֹם, וְאַחַר חֲצִי הַיּוֹם אָמַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בַּאֲשֶׁר הַמּוֹהֵל הִטְרִיחַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ לִילָךְ יוֹתֵר"- אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת)