take pains

take (great) pains (to do something)

Fig. to make a great effort to do something. Tom took pains to decorate the room exactly right. We took great pains to get there on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Githa	-	English (Archaic)
ÖMer	uu-MER	Turkish
Chica	SHEE-kə	Portuguese
Nur	NOOR (Arabic)	Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Watt	[wɔt]
Francene	fran-SEEN	English (Rare)