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take pains

take pains verb: to use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.

Verb

take pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains)

  1. (transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
    • Near-synonyms: take the trouble, make an effort
    • 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.2025 February 19, Robert Jimison, “As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

take pains meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

take pains in Tamil

தெண்ட, தெண்டி

take pains in Malayalam

to take pains; to toil; to work hard
പണിപ്പെടുക paṇippeṭuka

Synonyms of take pains

Forms of take pains

third-person singular presenttakes pains
present participletaking pains
pasttook pains
past participletaken pains

Words formed from take pains

Questions about take pains

What does take pains mean?
Take pains means to use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
What is take pains in Tamil?
Take pains in Tamil is தெண்ட, தெண்டி. See Take pains meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take pains?
Take pains is a verb.
What is the past tense of take pains?
The past tense of take pains is took pains.

Words near take pains in the dictionary

  1. take out in trade
  2. take out of context
  3. take out the stops
  4. take out the trash
  5. take over
  6. take pains
  7. take part
  8. take part with
  9. take personally
  10. take pity
  11. take place

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take pains (page history and authors); take pains (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പണിപ്പെടുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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