take great pains in English

Forms: takes great pains [present, singular, third-person], taking great pains [participle, present], took great pains [past], taken great pains [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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"take great pains" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms