go to great pains

idiom

: to try hard (to do something)

We went to great pains not to offend anyone.

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So engineers and designers go to great pains and enormous expense, using computer models and wind tunnels, to make sure that air slips easily and smoothly over and around your car. —

Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023

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