take pains (English, verb)
expansion: take pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains)
Senses:
glosses: To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: takes pains
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking pains
tags: participle
present
form: took pains
tags: past
form: taken pains
tags: participle
past