take pains

Strongest matches

• try
• worry about

Weak matches

• be concerned about
• concern oneself
• exert oneself
• fuss over
• go out of one's way
• make a fuss about
• make an effort
• put oneself out

Strongest matches

• attend
• nurse
• nurture
• protect
• tend
• watch

Strong matches

• father
• mind
• minister
• mother
• pay attention to

Weak matches

• baby sit
• keep an eye on
• keep tabs on
• look after
• mind the store
• provide for
• ride herd on
• wait on
• watch over

Strongest matches

• bother
• disturb
• interest
• involve
• perturb
• regard
• trouble
• worry

Strong matches

• disquiet
• distress
• touch

Weak matches

• apply to
• be relevant to
• bear on
• become involved
• make anxious
• make uneasy
• pertain to

Strongest matches

• aspire
• bid for
• strive
• undertake

Strong matches

• address
• aim
• apply
• assay
• buck
• determine
• dig
• essay
• grind
• hassle
• hump
• hustle
• intend
• labor
• offer
• plug
• purpose
• push
• risk
• scratch
• seek
• strain
• struggle
• sweat
• try
• venture

Weak matches

• do one's best
• drive at
• go for
• go for broke
• hammer away
• have a crack
• have a shot at
• have a swing at
• make a run at
• make an effort
• peg away
• pour it on
• take on

Strongest matches

• argue
• combat
• continue
• engage in
• force
• maintain
• oppose
• resist
• support

Strong matches

• bicker
• buck
• conduct
• contest
• defy
• dispute
• effect
• endure
• further
• hassle
• persevere
• persist
• prosecute
• repel
• row
• squabble
• strive
• struggle
• travail
• traverse
• uphold
• wage
• withstand
• wrangle

Weak matches

• buckle down
• carry on
• exert oneself
• fall out
• hammer away
• lay into
• light into
• make a stand against
• push forward
• put up an argument
• spare no effort
• stand up to
• take on
• tangle with
• toil on

Strong match

• exert

Weak matches

• be concerned with
• go to the effort of
• take the time