"take great pains" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes great pains [present, singular, third-person], taking great pains [participle, present], took great pains [past], taken great pains [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> great pains}} 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)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of take pains (“to try hard”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: take pains (extra: to try hard) Related terms: painstaking
    Sense id: en-take_great_pains-en-verb-GkboanWl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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