take (great) pains to (do something)

to try very hard to do something.

We took great pains to insure that no one felt left out.

Related vocabulary: go to great lengths to do something

• bird's eye view
• birds of a feather
• Birds of a feather flock together.
• bit by bit
• bitch and moan
• bite head off
• bite off more than can chew
• bite off more than you can chew
• bite of the cherry
• biter bit
• biter is bit
• bite someone's head off
• bite the big one
• bite the bullet
• bite the dust
• bite the hand that feeds
• bite the hand that feeds you
• bite to eat
• bite tongue
• bite your tongue
• bit much
• bit of all right
• bit of fluff
• bit of how's your father
• bit of rough