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go to great pains
(redirected from go take great pains)

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go to/take great pains to do something

to try very hard to do something I went to great pains to get this record for you.

See also: great, pain

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go so far as to
go so far as to say
go sour
go south
go spare
go stag
go straight
go take great pains
go the distance
go the extra mile
go the limit
go the way of all flesh
go the way of the dodo
go the whole hog
go the whole nine yards

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