take great pains (English, verb)
expansion: take great pains (third-person singular simple present takes great pains, present participle taking great pains, simple past took great pains, past participle taken great pains)
Senses:
glosses: To take pains (try hard) to an especially high degree; (loosely) to take pains.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes great pains
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking great pains
tags: participle
present
form: took great pains
tags: past
form: taken great pains
tags: participle
past