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.
See also: pain, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Githa-English (Archaic)
ÖMeruu-MERTurkish
ChicaSHEE-kəPortuguese
NurNOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Watt[wɔt]
Francenefran-SEENEnglish (Rare)