Meaning of Toil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of time off in lieu (of monetary compensation for overtime).
   UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
   countable, uncountable
3. Trouble, strife.
   countable, uncountable
4. A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
   countable, plural-normally, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.”

“Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.”

“I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils, destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness.”

“That I was going to sit still, and let you sulk, while mademoiselle walked blindfold into the toils?”

“She had waited overlong, and now it was like that Ailie would escape her toils.”

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