take (great) pains (to do something)

To expend a lot of time and energy doing something. Your parents took great pains to ensure that you would have enough money for college. My grandmother always took pains to look her best, so losing her hair during her cancer treatment was especially difficult for her.

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.

词组	take (great) pains (to do something)
释义	take (great) pains (to do something) take (great) pains (to do something) To expend a lot of time and energy doing something. Your parents took great pains to ensure that you would have enough money for college. My grandmother always took pains to look her best, so losing her hair during her cancer treatment was especially difficult for her. See also: pain, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: take pains take pains over take pains with take pains with something/to do something take (great) pains over (something) take (great) pains with (something) take pains, to expend expend (something) for (something) expend for
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