- take pains
- {v. phr.} To do something very carefully and thoroughly. * /She had taken pains to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want./ * /She always takes pains with her appearance./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
take pains
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take pains — index endeavor, strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take pains — • to take pains • be at pains (from Idioms in Speech) to take the trouble to get something or do something; to try to do something ... a queer, penetrating look mingled, too, with intelligent interest which, as our eyes met, he took pains to… … Idioms and examples
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take pains — {v. phr.} To do something very carefully and thoroughly. * /She had taken pains to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want./ * /She always takes pains with her appearance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ pains — v. phr. To do something very carefully and thoroughly. She had taken pains to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want. She always takes pains with her appearance … Словарь американских идиом
take pains — make a great effort … English contemporary dictionary
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pains — n. trouble 1) to go to, spare no, take pains to + inf. (she took great pains to get her message across) physical suffering 2) (med.) labor pains 3) growing * * * take pains to + inf. (she took great pains to get her message across) [ physical… … Combinatory dictionary
