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knock-on
adjective
- resulting inevitably but indirectly from another event or circumstance
the works closed with the direct loss of 3000 jobs and many more from the knock-on effect on the area
noun
- rugby the infringement of playing the ball forward with the hand or arm
verb
- rugby to play (the ball) forward with the hand or arm
Example Sentences
A slowdown in both economies as a result of the trade conflict will have a knock-on negative effect on most other countries.
Many people are affected by stock market falls - even if they don't invest in shares directly - because of the knock-on effect on pensions, jobs and interest rates.
This will have a knock-on effect on prices, and recruitment, said Mark Slade, its managing director.
With the creative industries generating £50bn a year for London's economy, the lockdowns had much wider knock-on effects across the city.
Changes to Pip do nevertheless have a knock-on effect for the Holyrood budget, as the money Scotland receives from the Treasury to administer such benefits is linked to UK government spending on equivalent welfare south of the border.
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