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go to pains

go to pains verb: to expend effort to do something.

Verb

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.
    • to go to great pains

Synonyms of go to pains

Forms of go to pains

third-person singular presentgoes to pains
present participlegoing to pains
pastwent to pains
past participlegone to pains

Questions about go to pains

What does go to pains mean?
Go to pains means to expend effort to do something.
What part of speech is go to pains?
Go to pains is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to pains?
The past tense of go to pains is went to pains.

Words near go to pains in the dictionary

  1. go to ground
  2. go to Halifax
  3. go to heck
  4. go to hell
  5. go to hell and back
  6. go to pains
  7. go to pieces
  8. go to pigs and whistles
  9. go to plan
  10. go to pot
  11. go to press

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