snowball effect

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An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger

The success of these women has had the snowball effect of bringing more and more women into the sport over the past few years.

Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger (graver, more serious), and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous (a vicious circle, a "spiral of decline"), though it might be beneficial instead (a virtuous circle)
snowball effect

    Расстановка переносов

    snow·ball ef·fect

    Турецкое произношение

    snōbôl ıfekt

    Произношение

    /ˈsnōˌbôl əˈfekt/ /ˈsnoʊˌbɔːl əˈfɛkt/

    Этимология

    [ 'snO-"bol ] (noun.) 15th century. By analogy with the way a snowball collects the more snow in one turn the larger it is, as it rolls down a hillside.
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