- slippery slope
- noun
: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended adverse consequences
we are far down the slippery slope to the betrayal of the articulate — Publishers Weekly
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a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.[1985-90]* * *
slippery slope UK US noun [singular] britisha problem or situation that is getting worse and will become extremely bad unless it is stoppedbe on a/the slippery slope to something:The country is on the slippery slope to revolution.
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an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastroushe is on the slippery slope toward a life of crime
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noun [singular]: a process or series of events that is hard to stop or control once it has begun and that usually leads to worse or more difficult thingsHis behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.