going to pains

A form of go to pains — To expend effort to do something.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of go to pains
Cite this entry
APA

going to pains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20to%20pains

MLA

“going to pains.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20to%20pains. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “going to pains,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20to%20pains.

Source: going to pains on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.