knock-on effect

knock-on effect
noun
a secondary or incidental effect
Hypernyms:
consequence, ↑effect, ↑outcome, ↑result, ↑event, ↑issue, ↑upshot

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/nok"on", -awn"/, Chiefly Brit.
a chain reaction.
[adj. use of v. phrase knock on]

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knock-on effect
The effect one action or occurrence has on one or more indirectly related matters or circumstances
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Main Entry:knock

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noun, pl ⋯ -fects [count]
Brit : something (such as a process, action, or event) that causes other things to happen :ripple effect

The drought is likely to have a knock-on effect throughout the whole economy.


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