to toll the hour

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• strike the hour — {v. phr.} To mark or toll the hour (said of clocks or bells). * /We heard the church clock strike the hour of two./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• strike the hour — {v. phr.} To mark or toll the hour (said of clocks or bells). * /We heard the church clock strike the hour of two./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• strike\ the\ hour — v. phr. To mark or toll the hour (said of clocks or bells). We heard the church clock strike the hour of two …   Словарь американских идиом

• Toll — Toll, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. [1913 Webster] 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• toll — toll1 /tohl/, n. 1. a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or… …   Universalium

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• toll — 1. n. 1 a charge payable for permission to pass a barrier or use a bridge or road etc. 2 the cost or damage caused by a disaster, battle, etc., or incurred in an achievement (death toll). 3 US a charge for a long distance telephone call. Phrases… …   Useful english dictionary

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• toll — I [[t]toʊl[/t]] n. 1) a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge 2) the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300… …   From formal English to slang

• toll — I. /toʊl / (say tohl) verb (t) 1. to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or especially for announcing a death. 2. to sound (a knell, etc.) or strike (the… …