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English noun: domino effect

1. domino effect (phenomenon) the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)


Broader (hypernym)consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot


Domain usagefigure, figure of speech, image, trope









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