ripple effect

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English - English
the effect of one event setting off other events in an unexpected way, or unexpected areas

Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.

If an event or action has a ripple effect, it causes several other events to happen one after the other. Delayed flights have a ripple effect. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services. = knock-on effect. A gradually spreading effect or influence: "Those deviations tend to have a ripple effect throughout the economy as a whole" (Tom Clancy)
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