take pains with
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By the nineteen-thirties, he seems too preoccupied to take pains with his style.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
This calls for the ability to concentrate the mind upon a multitude of small details, and take pains with little, uninteresting things.
From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor
Elaborate, e-lab′or-āt, v.t. to labour on: to produce with labour: to take pains with: to improve by successive operations.—adj. wrought with labour: done with fullness and exactness: highly finished.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Yes, we do have a good view of the stage, that is true; but we can't be seen—it is hardly worth while to take pains with one's dress.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
No," answered Lena, "and we all think it is because Lily does not choose to take pains with her compositions.
From Bessie Bradford's Prize by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews
