"take its toll" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take its toll.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes its toll [present, singular, third-person], taking its toll [participle, present], took its toll [past], taken its toll [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> its toll}} take its toll (third-person singular simple present takes its toll, present participle taking its toll, simple past took its toll, past participle taken its toll)
  1. (idiomatic, often followed by on) To affect something, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause harm or destruction. Tags: idiomatic, often Synonyms: do a number on, take a toll, take their toll, take a heavy toll Translations (to affect negatively): 负面地影响 (fùmiàn de yǐngxǐang) (Chinese Mandarin), přijít draze (Czech), vaatia veronsa (Finnish), ottaa veronsa (Finnish), jättää jälkensä (Finnish), faire des ravages (French), seine Opfer fordern (German), seinen Tribut fordern (German), 損失をもたらす (sonshitsu wo motarasu) (Japanese), trazer consequências (Portuguese), fazer um estrago (Portuguese), a-şi cere obolul (Romanian), a-şi lua birul (Romanian), a-şi spune cuvântul (Romanian), a face ravagii (Romanian), a reduce numărul (Romanian), a reduce puterea (Romanian), cobrarse el peaje (Spanish), pasar factura (Spanish), ta ut sin rätt (Swedish)

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