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knock-on effect

NOUN
  1. a secondary or incidental effect

How To Use knock-on effect In A Sentence

  • On the home front, this new-found comfort has had the knock-on effect of finding me regularly scampering around the flat starkers.
  • Advertising directed at reducing tobacco consumption by parents has a substantial secondary knock-on effect on children.
  • But Barr Thomson Engineering could not escape the knock-on effects of the pit closure announcement and was forced into receivership.
  • The possible knock-on effect of this is a new breed of more aggressive and competitive women.
  • The knock-on effects of the decision may be even worse.
  • The closure of the car factory had a knock-on effect on the tyre manufacturers.
  • It's terrifying to think of the knock-on effects this will have. The Sun
  • Guaranteed prices for agricultural products have created a knock-on effect resulting in high land prices and high food costs.
  • Such action invariably had a knock-on effect, causing further delays throughout the network. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
  • He said at the time he knew the company was taking remedial measures and realised the reduction of the fleet would have a knock-on effect for passengers.
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