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heavy toll

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  • take a heavy toll (on somebody) — take a heavy ˈtoll (on sb/sth) | take its ˈtoll (on sb/sth) idiom to have a bad effect on sb/sth; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc • Illness had taken a heavy toll on her. • The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets …   Useful english dictionary

  • take a heavy toll (on something) — take a heavy ˈtoll (on sb/sth) | take its ˈtoll (on sb/sth) idiom to have a bad effect on sb/sth; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc • Illness had taken a heavy toll on her. • The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets …   Useful english dictionary

  • take its toll (or take a heavy toll) — have an adverse effect. → toll …   English new terms dictionary

  • take a heavy toll — ► take its toll (or take a heavy toll) have an adverse effect. Main Entry: ↑toll …   English terms dictionary

  • toll — Ⅰ. toll [1] ► NOUN 1) a charge payable to use a bridge or road or (N. Amer. ) for a long distance telephone call. 2) the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc. 3) the cost or damage resulting from something. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • toll — toll1 [tōl] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger zoll, ON tollr < MLowG tol < ML tolneum < VL * toloneum, toll(house), for L teloneum < Gr telōnion < telōnēs, tax collector < telos, tax, akin to tlēnai, to support, bear: for IE base see… …   English World dictionary

  • take a heavy toll — exact a heavy price, require a large cost …   English contemporary dictionary

  • toll — I n. amount levied 1) to charge, exact, impose a toll 2) to collect tolls (on a bridge, road) 3) a bridge; tunnel; turnpike (AE) toll 4) (misc.) toll free damage 5) to take a toll (on) (the storm took a heavy toll; the earthquake took a heavy… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • toll — toll1 [ toul ] noun * 1. ) singular MAINLY JOURNALISM the total number of people who have been killed or hurt a ) the total amount of harm or damage: the mounting toll of failed businesses 2. ) singular the loud slow repeated sound of a large… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • toll — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ highway (in the US), motorway (in the UK), road VERB + TOLL ▪ charge, collect …   Collocations dictionary

  • toll — [[t]to͟ʊl[/t]] tolls, tolling, tolled 1) V ERG When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died. Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered... [V n] The pilgrims tolled the bell …   English dictionary

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