take pains

== English == === Verb === take pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains) (transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience. Synonyms: go to 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 Near-synonyms: take the trouble, make an effort ==== Derived terms ==== painstaking === Further reading === "take pains" in Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary