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at pains en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, with-infinitive) Making careful effort (to).
    • The agency has been at pains to stress that its decisions are still based on sound science.
    • She was at some pains to remind the others to read the instructions.
    • He was at great pains to distance himself from the rumours.

Relateds

take pains · go to pains · go to the ends of the earth · painstaking · go to great lengths

Translations (4)

sv bemöda sig om att (making careful effort) · fr faire tout son possible pour (making careful effort) · pl postarać się (making careful effort) · pl starać się (making careful effort)