TAKE A HEAVY TOLL (ON SB/STH)


Meaning of TAKE A HEAVY TOLL (ON SB/STH) in English

take a heavy toll (on sb/sth) | take its ˈtoll (on sb/sth)

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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.