"go to pains" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes to pains [present, singular, third-person], going to pains [participle, present], went to pains [past], gone to pains [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to pains}} go to pains (third-person singular simple present goes to pains, present participle going to pains, simple past went to pains, past participle gone to pains)
  1. To expend effort to do something. Synonyms: go to great lengths, be at pains
    Sense id: en-go_to_pains-en-verb-WYJzz7Qh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go to pains meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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