English Explanatory Dictionary

take pains

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.

Word forms

take pains takes pains taking pains took pains taken pains

Synonyms

go to pains at pains go to great lengths take the trouble make an effort

Derived words

painstaking
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