"take pains" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "takes pains",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking pains",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took pains",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken pains",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> pains"
      },
      "expansion": "take pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "painstaking"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: take the trouble, make an effort"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 19, Robert Jimison, “As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Some G.O.P. lawmakers have made clear they do not agree with Mr. Trump’s approach, but most have done so taking pains not to criticize the president.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_pains-en-verb-9wJalZxK",
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "corresponding",
          "corresponding"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "inconvenience",
          "inconvenience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go to pains"
        },
        {
          "word": "at pains"
        },
        {
          "word": "go to great lengths"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take pains"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "painstaking"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> pains"
      },
      "expansion": "take pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: take the trouble, make an effort"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 19, Robert Jimison, “As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Some G.O.P. lawmakers have made clear they do not agree with Mr. Trump’s approach, but most have done so taking pains not to criticize the president.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "corresponding",
          "corresponding"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "inconvenience",
          "inconvenience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go to pains"
        },
        {
          "word": "at pains"
        },
        {
          "word": "go to great lengths"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take pains"
}