go to pains

English

Verb

go to pains (third-person singular simple present goes to pains, present participle going to pains, simple past went to pains, past participle gone to pains)

  1. To expend effort to do something.
    Synonyms: take pains, be at pains, go to great lengths
    Hyponyms: (even higher degree) take great pains, be at great pains, go to the ends of the earth
    to go to great pains
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