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went to pains

went to pains is the simple past 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 went to pains

What is went to pains the simple past of?
Went to pains is the simple past of go to pains.

Words near went to pains in the dictionary

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

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