take its toll
Definition
› to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially over a long period of time: The stress was starting to take its toll on him. → See also death toll
(Definition of take its toll from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Our dictionaries
Browse the Thesaurus
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
throw caution to the wind/winds
to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
