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going to pains

going to pains is the present participle and gerund of go to pains.

Meaning of go to pains

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

Questions about going to pains

What is going to pains the present participle and gerund of?
Going to pains is the present participle and gerund of go to pains.

Words near going to pains in the dictionary

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

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