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go to/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.

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go to the polls
go to the stake
go to the trouble
go to the wall
go to town
go to town on
go to waste

go to/take great pains
go under the knife
go up in flames
go up in smoke
go west
go whole hog
go with a bang
go with a swing

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