tell on someone
phrasal verb with tell verb uk/tel/ us/tel/ told | told
(INFORM)
informal（尤指向当权者）告发（某人）
to give information about someone, usually something bad that they have said or done, especially to a person in authority
(AFFECT BADLY)
mostlyUK损害（某人）的健康；对（某人）产生不良影响
to have a bad effect on someone's health or behaviour
A succession of late nights had begun to tell on him and his work was suffering. 连续的熬夜开始让他的身体吃不消，他的工作也受到了影响。