Usually means: Consequence indirectly caused by action.
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  1. knock-on effect: Merriam-Webster
  2. knock-on effect, knock-on effect: Collins English Dictionary
  3. knock-on effect: Vocabulary.com
  4. knock-on effect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. knock-on effect: Wiktionary
  6. knock-on effect: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. knock-on effect: Dictionary.com
  8. Knock-on effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. knock-on effect: Rhymezone
  10. knock-on effect: FreeDictionary.org
  11. knock-on effect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. knock-on effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knock-on effect)

▸ noun:  (British) A secondary, often unintended effect; a repercussion, chain reaction.

Similar:
knock-on, side effect, ripple effect, domino effect, consequence, by-product, flow-on effect, epiphenomenon, subeffect, by-effect, more...

Adjectives:
donk, smasheroo, beat up, street, beat, pan, blag, hit, zilch, bang on, stompy

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Similar:
knock-on, side effect, ripple effect, domino effect, consequence, by-product, flow-on effect, epiphenomenon, subeffect, by-effect, more...

Adjectives:
donk, smasheroo, beat up, street, beat, pan, blag, hit, zilch, bang on, stompy



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