knock-on effect

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noun knock-on effect a chain reaction. 1
noun knock-on effect indirect consequence 1
noun knock-on effect something that results inevitably but indirectly from another event or circumstance 0
noun knock-on effect a subsidiary or indirect effect 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

ripple effect — a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event.
cause and effect — You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another.
domino theory — a theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, especially Communist, neighbor, party, or the like, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another.
knock-on — If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other.
slippery slope — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.

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